<p>From <a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/2012-13CTF.pdf[/url]”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/2012-13CTF.pdf</a>
(scroll down to pages 37-38 and 56-57)</p>
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<li>(STUDENT’s) Adjusted Gross Income. Provide your (and your spouse‘s) adjusted gross income (AGI) for 2011. AGI is found on IRS Form 1040—line 37; 1040A—line 21; or 1040EZ—line 4. If you have not completed a 2011 tax form, you should calculate your AGI using the instructions for the applicable IRS form. You can get the instructions and the form at a public library or download them in Portable Document Format (PDF) from [Forms</a> and Publications](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html]Forms”>Forms & Instructions | Internal Revenue Service).</li>
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<p>Note: AGI includes more than just wages earned; for example, it also includes interest, dividends, alimony, taxable portions of Social Security, and business income.</p>
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<li>(PARENT’s) Adjusted Gross Income. Enter your parents‘ adjusted gross income (AGI) for 2011. AGI is found on IRS 1040—line 37; 1040A—line 21; or 1040EZ—line 4. If your parents have not completed a 2011 tax form, they should calculate their AGI using the instructions for the applicable IRS form. They can get the instructions and the form at a public library or download them in Portable Document Format (PDF) from <a href=“http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html[/url]”>www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html</a>.</li>
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<p>Note that AGI includes more than just wages earned; for example, it also includes interest, dividends, alimony, taxable portions of Social Security, and business income.</p>