Which one on my parents tax return info should i include in the fafsa?

[gabriela94]

<p>My parents are together and they live together, but they are not married. They don't file their taxes jointly. I put that they were single. So, for questions 83-92, whose tax information should i put? Or should i put both?</p>

[cartera45]

<p>From FAFSA instructions - </p>

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If your parents are living together and have not been formally married but meet the criteria in their state for a common-law marriage, they should report their status as married on the application. If the state does not consider their situation to be a common-law marriage, then you should follow the rules for divorced parents. Check with the appropriate state agency concerning the definition of a common-law marriage.

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<p>If no common law state, you use the parent that provided the most support, which is likely the parent with the highest income. </p>

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If your parents are divorced (or separated-see below for more information), answer the questions about the parent you lived with more during the 12 months preceding the date you complete the FAFSA. If you did not live with one parent more than the other, give answers about the parent who provided more financial support during the 12 months preceding the date you complete the FAFSA, or during the most recent year that you actually received support from a parent.

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[gabriela94]

<p>Thank you! It’s so much more clear! But if i put divorced, it then asks me “Month and year
they were married, remarried, separated, divorced or widowed”. They were never divorced. Should i leave it blank?</p>

[gabriela94]

<p>bumping this because i need help asap!</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>You put in the income and assets of the parent with the most income</p>

[gabriela94]

<p>So i don’t mention the other parent at all?</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>On the FAFSA, no. Since your parents are not married to each other (they are both single) and you do not live in a common law state, they only ask for the income/assets of one parent.</p>

<p>However, this does not mean that the school may want information from both parents on the Profile or the institutional financial aid forms.</p>

[gabriela94]

<p>Okay, thank you!</p>