Work Study and FAFSA

Paying for College
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<p>I am doing the FAFSA</p>

<p>My son worked on campus part-time during the school year and fulltime during the summer. He exceeded his work study limit.</p>

<p>I have his W2 in front of me but it doesn't specify what was work study and what was regular employment. It does have a much larger amount in box 1 "wages, tips, other compensation" than in box 5 "Medicare wages and tips." Am I supposed to subtract box 5 from box 1 and that is the work study amount?</p>

<p>any help would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>Work Study does not incur Medicare or Social Security taxes so subtracting Medicare wages from total wages should give you the WS earnings to enter into FAFSA.</p>