Question regarding internship money.

“Program Award”? No, I’d consider that a scholarship and not include it in your assets.

And, as a scholarship, you could list it as earned income . . . but then you’d also list it as “grant and scholarship aid,” which means it would be deducted back out again. So the net result would be zero.

So, you could either not include it as earned income, or include it as both earned income and “grant and scholarship aid.” The result would be the same either way.

OP: you’ve received some really confusing advice throughout this thread, which means that you’ve also received some bad advice. You have a tax and financial aid question that’s not cut and dry. Ask the experts, not a bunch of strangers on the internet.