<p>I'm supposed to highlight my family's income on the 1040 tax return to qualify for a waiver.</p>
<p>Does AP testing take into consideration the "adjusted gross income" or "taxable income" as the income? Because if it is adjusted, I don't qualify for a waiver, but if it is taxable, I do qualify. The only information I could find was that it was the income "after taxes."</p>
<p>Also, if I do get a fee waiver, who ends up paying the rest of it? I am self-studying all 3 of my APs, and I am NOT taking it at my home school. I am taking it at another school because my school doesn't administer the three tests. Do the schools pay for them? If so, which one: the one I'm taking it at or the one I attend?</p>
<p>I checked past posts, but didn't find the answers to these questions.</p>
<p>I live in CA, if that helps.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>generally, all costs of AP testing are paid by the student (unless you get a waiver for part of the cost) so unless your school or the other school has a special set-up, you pay the other costs. from the second link I listed below, it does look like california has some special programs set up to defer costs -- but you need to talk with the school where you are taking the test to see if it applies to students not from that school.</p>
<p>The form is looking for the Earned Income -- the amount on the W-2's -- after taxes have been taken out. They are using the same formula that the federal government does to award free/reduced price lunch.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/tests/sat/fee_waivers/elig_guidelines.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/tests/sat/fee_waivers/elig_guidelines.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r17/apfee05faq.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r17/apfee05faq.asp</a></p>
<p>generally -- if you qualify for a government program (like reduced price lunch) then you are eligible</p>