<p>Currently I work 2 jobs , one 24 hrs a week and one 20hrs a week, due to health reasons my MD is advising me to give up one job, will be filing out CSS and FAFSA FORMS FOR 2011-2012 for daughter, I know these things are calculated on previous years income and work etc. So even though it will show my income higher for 2010 , in 2011 I will not be earning that much more like 1/2 or 2/3 , so it will impact our ability to meet our EFC. Do any of the forms allow for situations like this?</p>
<p>CSS PROFILE also has you project the next year’s income, so lower income in 2011 will show up. Can’t tell you about the FAFSA.</p>
<p>I’ve just made my way through the CSS worksheets and there is a place at the end to add information about unusual situations. The impact will probably vary by school, but at least you can include your circumstances. You also are asked to estimate 2011 income, so you can show there will be a decrease.</p>
<p>On another topic, is anyone else concerned about faxing tax returns to FA offices? When I think of the precautions I take against identity theft…it just seems like I’m throwing caution to the winds by sending my most revealing documents to a machine somewhere.</p>