<p>My financial aid application asks me to include "signed" copies of my 2004 tax return. Signed by whom?</p>
<p>These should be signed by your parents if they reflect parent income, or by you, if they reflect your income.</p>
<p>If you are a dependent- you need a copy of your parents joint 1040 form & the schedules- also is usually a copy of your W'2s that go along with- bascially what is sent to IRS. ( not all the worksheets)
The person(s) whose form it is, sign it certifying that it is an accurate representation of their status.
If you ( the student) files taxes at all- you do the same thing- submit what you send the IRS and sign it.
You can double to check to insure that they want W-2s but this is what we send every year as part of finaid</p>
<p>Got it, thanks.</p>