<p>What would happen if you didn’t qualify for earned income credit because you were filed as a dependent on your mother’s taxes, but you took the EIC anyway by filing your own child on your taxes? Could this affect your financial aid?</p>
<p>It could increase your EFC because EIC is counted as income…but, since you have a child, you would be considered an independent student, so it may not have an effect, depending on how much earned income you received.</p>
<p>yeah on the application they ask if you supported a child for more than half the year which I didn’t financially. So in order for me to file my child to get the EIC I was going to have my “babymomma” fill out the 8332 form which releases me the right to file my child even though I didn’t provide the support. So basiclly I don’t think the fafsa form asks you directly if you have a child, but if you provided support for more than half the year.</p>
<p>Dependent on the taxes is a different question than “household size” on FAFSA. Different requrements.</p>