FAFSA question: "will file" vs. "have filed"

oregonianmom
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:03:49 +0000

We filed a preliminary “will file” status FAFSA last month. Got our tax return from the accountant today and we owe money, so we will not actually send in our tax return until the last possible moment on April 15. Can we go ahead and update our FAFSA to say “have filed” even though we haven’t actually sent our return to the IRS?