<p>Um…you need to check those websites VERY carefully especially if you are applying EA or ED. Some of the ED/EA colleges have an early priority deadline for the Profile and it is long before January 1. It’s usually by November…and you definitely don’t want to miss DEADLINES. For students who are HS seniors NOW, some of those schools WILL want your 2013 tax returns…and oddly some specify that they want the 2013 info on the Profile if you file for the November deadline.</p>
<p>If you see a request for 2013 tax returns now on a college website, give the college a call and see what they actually do want on a priority deadline Profile. The school will tell you what to do.</p>
<p>I would say…in the majority of cases, you will be completing that Profile for the November deadline using 2014 tax and income estimates. BUT do ask…because if they want 2013, then that is what you send them!!</p>