FAFSA - - Ex-Spouse Pushing to Have My Infomation On Form Instead of His - Fishy?

[thumper1]

Lately he has been really pushing for me to give him my most recent tax return so he can “have an accountant run some numbers” he said. He said that when it comes to the kids’ college it would be best for me to claim the kids as dependents so that my income is used on financial aid forms instead of his.

Nope. The ex doesn’t need to give his ccountant this information.

If the kids live with the ex wife more for the year…SHE can enter the information on the financial aid forms as custodial parent. Her former husband shouldn’t be doing this for her.

And for the record…it really doesn’t matter who claims the kids as dependent for financial aid purposes. It depends on who they love with greater than 51% of the time for the 365 days prior to filing the forms.