FAFSA: Claiming my sister as a dependent.

edecastro
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:06:34 +0000

Thanks for the reply!

I did just notice that independents can get the maximum of $9500 and dependents $5500 for the first year of school.

My wife’s maximum loan is about $20000 for post grad.

I just estimated my income to actually be $60k and approximate federal taxes paid to be $9500.