Adding … any income not listed on the tax return needs to be listed on the FAFSA as untaxed income. So technically, you would need to list untaxed pension payments as untaxed income. But because I can’t think of any reason pension payments would be untaxed, I am concerned that @isdavid566 might not understand the situation … and might list income twice as a result. OTOH, if income should be on the tax return and isn’t, that poses a problem for financial aid … if that is the case, an amended tax return listing the income must be filed if the student wants to be considered for financial aid. For these reasons, it is important that the parent make sure that all income is properly reported on the FAFSA. This is the parent’s issue to resolve.