<p>I think perhaps Mom2 was trying to say it would be best if the family, with help if they need it, go back and make sure there wasn’t a mistake in the Pell year. If they do and find out they made a mistake then they can surface the error with the college and work out what that means. I would do it this way too rather than bring all my paperwork to the college and ask a finaid officer to figure it out. I’d also probably wait a few days until the OP can use the IRS data retrieval tool and see what that outcome is if the OPs parents are fairly confident they filled out the tax forms correctly.</p>