Yes, after logging in and saying I want to make an update/correction, the fafsa submission summary shows everything BUT the info imported from the IRS. Yes, there were no assets questions this year either…
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It is possible that the checked off SNAP benefit is not being picked up by the system. Can you try doing a manual calculation again without checking off the SNAP? See if the result is the SAI that FAFSA is giving you. If it is, it may be a system issue related to the SNAP field. If the manually calculated SAI without SNAP is not the SAI you got from FAFSA, then my theory about the SNAP field isn’t supported.
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Doesn’t checking SNAP really only impact the skip logic of the asset questions…meaning if one checks SNAP they don’t have to answer any of the asset questions? (and OP said they didn’t have to answer the asset questions) IIRC checking SNAP does not have a direct impact on SAI? But because those who check SNAP don’t have to answer asset questions their SAI can be lower because of that.
You’re right - I forgot that they weren’t asked for assets.
Did the student have higher earnings for 2023 than in 2022? Maybe some scholarship income that had to be reported on taxes - the amount of which the student should have reported on FAFSA so it could be excluded but maybe didn’t report it?
Also, check to make sure that the student didn’t check something before submitting that made them independent. That could explain the higher SAI, depending on income/assets reported by the student.
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There was no income for student, but I need to check the scholarship income though, I don’t recall reporting it on Fafsa so maybe it didn’t get subtracted from income and increased the SAI? Hmm. I also don’t recall a question where it asked if a student was independent ( which he’s not). But he has no earnings and is a dependent.
Sometimes students receive enough in scholarships that they have to report it on their taxes. If he didn’t actually file taxes, my thought about scholarship income isn’t relevant for him.
Students don’t actually say that they’re independent. Instead, they answer a series of questions that are used to determine if the student is independent. Sometimes students check a box when they should not, and the result is that they get considered as independent students. In the past, due to the way the question was worded, some students would say that they have a guardian … mistaking the parent as a guardian (since they often see the wording “parent or guardian”). I thought just maybe that could have happened, but if he had no income, the SAI would not have been that high if he was considered independent.
I encourage you to double check your 2023 tax return just to make sure you didn’t have any untaxed rollovers that you forgot about. It happens a lot!