<p>Everyone I talk to has told me complete my FASFA as soon as possible, but to do so my parents need to have their tax return done as soon as possible right? However the issue is my dad works off of commission for several companies so he won't be able to get his tax return until around late February to early march. Wouldn't this affect how much financial aid is available through FAFSA and therefore decrease the amount I would get?</p>
<p>You can fill it out estimating his income, and then when he files you can update the fafsa.</p>
You can also use the previous year (2013) as an estimate.
I can’t seem to find where it says estimate income? You only have three options, will file, already completed, and will not file, if you put anything but already completed it will not allow you to submit the fafsa.
Will file means you haven’t completed the return yet so you don’t have the final numbers. Use will file and estimates. I have used will file and been able to submit for 5 years. Tens of thousands at least do that every year. So there is something else going on causing you not to be able to submit your fafsa after using estimated numbers. Do you get an error message of any kind?