<p>If the FAFSA help line said that NO SSDI payments are entered, they gave you incorrect information. The federal aid handbook clearly states that UNTAXED social security payments are not reported on the FAFSA. While it does not state that the taxable portion of SS is reported, the instructions state that AGI is reported … the number must be the number on the tax return. In order to not report taxable SS, you would have to change the AGI value. I can tell you without hesitation that this is not allowed (I was a financial aid officer until recently, and I was known as the Compliance Queen for my knowledge of federal regs).</p>