<p>if i am applying for fafsa (paper fafsa, since i am not yet a permanent resident) for the year 2009-2010, which will be my freshman year,which year's w-2 and tax return do i need to send for fafsa?
because my dad told me that we fill out those forms in around jan/feb. so if for the fafsa, they want the form which was filled out in the beginning of 2009 (reflecting the 2008 income), then i won't be able to provide it if i fill out the fafsa in early jan.
please help. (i don't know if i am even making sense. i don't know exactly how the w-2 and tax return forms work)</p>
<p>You do not send your tax returns with your FAFSA application. You JUST send the FAFSA. HOWEVER, for the 2009-2010 school year, that FAFSA is not yet available for submission and won't be until January 1. </p>
<p>If you fill out the FAFSA in January before you complete your 2008 taxes, you will use accurate estimates on the FAFSA for th 2008 tax year. You can get these from your last pay statement and your last bank statements of the year....and also you can use the 2007 taxes as a guide with increases (or decreases) made. You will file your FASFA using a "will file" status, meaning you WILL file your taxes but have not yet done so....and you submit the FAFSA to the schools. When your taxes are complete, you will need to amend the FAFSA. To be honest, I have no idea how you do this using the paper form. I'm really not clear why you are not doing this online....could you explain a little more clearly? </p>
<p>Anyway...you will need to amend and resubmit your FAFSA once your 2008 taxes are complete (and someone else here either tells you how to do that on paper OR you find out you can do this online). You will change the information to accurately reflect what is on your 2008 tax return. BUT you still don't send the tax forms!! </p>
<p>There would only be a couple of reasons your tax forms would be requested 1. You are selected for verification. If that happens, the college will tell you what to send THE COLLEGE (usually tax forms including all schedules and W-2 and 1098, and 1099 forms). 2. Your college REQUIRES tax forms as part of the financial aid application process...you need to check EACH college to see what they require. Some DO require tax forms.</p>
<p>actually i was looking at the tasfa (texas application for state financial aid), which i was going to complete for a&m.
for UT, i am doing the paper fafsa.
these are for state aid.
the reason is that i am not yet a permanent resident (i've only applied for permanent residence), therefore i am not eligible for federal aid.</p>
<p>so on the tasfa, it says "If you and/or your parents filed a federal income tax return, attach a copy of your and/or your parents’ W-2s and income tax returns to the TASFA. The application will not be processed until all required documents are submitted. "</p>
<p>This is NOT the same as the FAFSA. Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is for TEXAS only. The two forms are NOT the same. If the Texas form requires you to send in the tax forms, you must do so. However, are you applying for aid for the 2008-2009 school year (that is the current school year)? The only TASFA form I see online right now is the 2008-2009 form. The 2009-2010 form doesn't seem to be there yet (the FAFSA isn't available for 2009-2010 until Jan 1....I wonder if it's the same).</p>
<p>You need to check to be sure that you are filling out the correct TAFSA for the correct year that you want finaid for. I don't know a single thing about this TAFSA form, which to do when etc. BUT you need to check with someone who does. You need to find someone knowledgeable about the TAFSA. Perhaps you should start a thread about that to see if anyone from Texas knows which form you should be completing...and when. </p>
<p>Sorry...your original post said you were completing a paper FAFSA....and that is not the same form as the TAFSA.</p>