<p>Here is the question.
"How many people are in your parents' household? Always include yourself (even if you do not live with your parents) and your parent(s). List their names and give information about them in Section FM (dependents) and Section PD (parents)." </p>
<p>Okay so like I counted my dad, mom, me, my little brother. that's 4... now I have an older sister who is 26 years old, going to grad school and living her own life.. do i count her to this question? If no, do i still count her on the Family member listing section on the last page of the CSS profile? or Do I not include her at alll on CSS profile?</p>
<p>If she’s taking a considerable amount of financial support from your parents, then you should count her, but if she lives completely on her own income, then you shouldn’t include her in the household members section. The point of this question is to see how many people are dependent on your household’s income, so if she isn’t dependent on your HH income, then there is no need to even mention her in the entire CSS profile.</p>
<p>lilmelonred, does your sister live in the same house will your other family members? It’s not clear from your message. I’m asking because we have a similar situation. My older son rents a room although he still spends a lot of time in our house and depends on our support because he doesn’t have a job as a recent graduate. I thought we shouldn’t include him in our household, but I’m not sure now. Would appreciate any advice.</p>
<p>Well i was going to say that she did live at home with us during her uindergrad. Now, my sister is going on to grad school and lives on a college campus in Florida with her bf right now and doesnt really have an actual home except here… she comes home every 5 months and my parents do give her some support only when she is home (usualy for a week then leaves). So does this still mean i don’t count her? I already filled out CSS profile but i was reviewing it again and i wasn’t sure so that’s why i’m asking so that i make correct revisions.</p>
<p>yolochka - is he paying fair market rent (what he would expect to pay if he rented a room elsewhere)? Is he paying for his own food, insurance, incidental expenses? If he paid less than half of his own support in 2012, and was a full time student for 5 months or more, he is your dependent, and should be listed on your taxes. If he is your dependent on your taxes, he should be part of your household. Hopefully a year from now he will be working and on his own - or at least paying a larger share of his own support, and he won’t be part of the household calculations.</p>
<p>CTScoutmom, thank you for your reply! To clarify, my son rents a room somewhere else, not at our house, although he spends a lot of time at home, eats with us, and is on my health insurance. He thinks he should have his own place, but can’t afford it! He’ll be turning 25 this spring. He was in school both semesters in 2012, but was a TA the first semester, and was getting paid for it. I figured out we can’t have him as a a dependent for tax purposes anymore (which hurts us financially). We hope he’ll find a job soon, but it doesn’t look too good. So I’m afraid we’ll keep supporting him even if he finds some low end work. But we probably can’t include him in our household for CSS purposes ?</p>
<p>lilmelonred, based on what you said about your older sister, she shouldn’t be included in your household, but again, maybe I’m not understanding something.</p>