FAFSA help

[Quiver0f10]

My Dd was not in college last year and worked full tme. She is 20 so we didn't claim her as a dependent on our taxes. She is planning on going back to school FT in the fall. I am making corrections on the fasfa and the question is on our family size, do I include her(making it 12)? But then on the parent's tax questions it asks what our 2008 dependents were and that # was 11 because we didn't claim her last year. Is it going to raise a flag because we had 11 on taxes and now 12 dependents?

I guess I am not sure if we should even be claiming her as a dependent or not at this point. She is 20, going to school FT, dorming and working?

[K-FL]

It's my understanding that it's extremely hard to have them claimed independent until 24yrs old. If you are giving her ANY aid--room & board count--they consider her a dependent. The FAFSA doesn't care how you claim it to the IRS. As to your specific questions re: FAFSA, look on their help page. I kept it up in a 2nd window when I was filling it out so I could search by question #.

[Quiver0f10]

It's my understanding that it's extremely hard to have them claimed independent until 24yrs old. If you are giving her ANY aid--room & board count--they consider her a dependent. The FAFSA doesn't care how you claim it to the IRS. As to your specific questions re: FAFSA, look on their help page. I kept it up in a 2nd window when I was filling it out so I could search by question #.


Thanks. I am going to change it to her being a dependent.