FASFA student income before 18

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@NatInTheHatt

For student income will I have to report income that I made prior to turning 18? Because I used to be a manager at auntie Anne’s in the mall. Also I did print & film work. I occasionally get residual checks from stuff I shot when I was like 8
But overall I have not worked officially since I turned 18.

If you are completing the FAFSA for the 2021-2022 academic year, you will need to report any income that the student received in 2019, regardless of how old the student was when that income was received.

@NatInTheHatt

At the beginning of quarantine my dad borrowed from his 401K to keep us a float. It was to prevent my parentsfrom defaulting on loans/bills So it’s not like we have a pile of money as reflected in the totals that they want from checking and saving. Will there be a box for explaining our situation at some point in the FAFSA because we cannot skip ahead to see?

There is no separate explanatory section on the FAFSA, but you can always communicate with college financial aid offices to explain unusual circumstances that can’t be communicated on FAFSA. Here is the PDF version of the 2021-2022 FAFSA, so you can “skip ahead” and see all the information that is requested:

2021-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid