Help me with FAFSA & CSS PROFILE, please

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First question, my non custodial parent gave money to my mom’s bank account for me in 2018. Where should this be reported in FAFSA and in CSS PROFILE?

Which parent do you live with? The above question makes it sound like you live with your mother, but in question 3 below you say that your dad lives with you.

Second question, in 2018, I had a $10,000 medical bill which was paid by my friend’s uncle. How should I and where should I Report this on both the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE?

On FAFSA, this would be reported in 44.i., Money received, or paid on your behalf (e.g., bills), not reported elsewhere on this form.

Third question, my grandpa gets a pension every month which he writes a check and I deposit it in my account to run the household, since he considered me as being quite conservative in spending habits. Dad lives with us and earns nothing. So that pension from grandpa is used for all 3 of us for food, etc and also for electricity, etc.? How should I Report this on the FAFSA and CSS? The amount reaches my account every month but all 3 of us spend in unequal ratios.

Whether or not the money from grandpa that is sitting in your account should be reported on FAFSA as your asset is debatable. I also think it’s an open question as to whether or not grandpa’s money that is given to you (i.e. not directly paying a bill that is not in your name) should be reported on FAFSA as untaxed income to you.

Fourth question, an unclaimed money was just claimed by my dad from a US state where he lived 20 years ago. The check has been sent to us but not received by him yet so he doesn’t have that money yet and it won’t be there in time for these forms. Where should I Report this money, if at all to be reported on the FAFSA and CSS? Dad isn’t a US citizen.

Money that your father is expecting but does not yet have control over or cannot now be used for his benefit should not be reported on FAFSA as his asset.