If i use my own income tax for my fafsa for the first time would that affect my fafsa?
Melida: Financial aid applicants don’t get options when they fill out their FAFSA forms, the instructions are very specific about whose information must be provided. If you read the instructions carefully, while you’re working on the form, you will find a number of clarifications, explaining what you must provide. As you already realize, you are classified as a dependent student. People get confused with this word ‘dependent’, because another common use of the same word refers to income taxes. However, income tax dependency and financial aid dependency have absolutely nothing to do with one another. When you are filling out a FAFSA form, it never matters whether anyone claims you as a dependent – so the fact that your dad does, or does not put you down as a dependent on his income tax return does not imply anything about how you need to complete the FAFSA. Keep in mind that many FAFSA applicants come from divorced homes – in some cases mom and dad have remarried, and there are steppare
