My son is applying to UMD College Park and he is at the residency section of the Common App and it is not making sense. We are lifelong residents of Maryland, that is not the issue (and husband and I are both alum). The problem is that the application says the student is to complete the lower section of the residency question, and it is asking about Tax Returns. My son has never filed a tax return, but it is forcing him to enter the year when he last filed one. He can’t just leave it empty, he gets an error message. Does he put “0”? I’ve tried entering N/A and it only allows a numeric response. I’m sure a large percentage of UMD applicants have never filed tax returns, I’m not sure why this is even on there. Thanks!
I don’t have an answer, my D applied to UMD back in 2013, but you may get some replies if you post your question in the UMD Early Action thread at the top of this forum
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Will do, thanks!
I would enter 0 for the most recent year filed, and for the reason either no job/income, or not required to file.