Filling out the FAFSA might sound daunting, but it is easy when you come prepared! Here is what information you will need when working on your FAFSA:
- Your FSA ID & login information (can be set up on the fafsa.gov website)
- Your parents’ FSA ID & login information (can also be set up at fafsa.gov)
- Your social security number or alien registration number
- Your parents’ social security number or alien registration number
- If your parents do not have a social security number, use all 0’s to fill in this box
- Your parents’ birthday
- Your parents’ marriage status, and dates of marraiges and/or divorces
- Your federal income tax returns or W2s
- You may be able to transfer this information using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
- Your parents’ federal income tax returns or W2s
- You may be able to transfer this information using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
- Your bank statements & records of investments
- You will need to provide a number for how much money you currently have in cash, savings, & checking accounts
- If you do not have investments, this is fine
- Your parents’ bank statements & record of investments
- You will need to provide a number for how much money your parents currently have in cash, savings, & checking accounts
- If your parents do not have investments, this is fine
- Records of untaxed income
- Workers compensation, Black Lung Benefits, untaxed portions of Railroad Retirement Benefits, or disability benefits
- You should also know….
- Did you or your parents receive…
- supplemental security income, supplemental nutrition assitance program, free or reduced price lunch, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or WIC?
- child support, taxable income from need-based employment programs (work study, fellowships)?
- grant & scholarship aid, Americorps benefits, combat pay, earnings from work under a cooperative education program, or veterans noneducation benefits?
- payments to tax deferred retirement/pension, or housing, food, and living allowances paid to members of the military or clergy?
- Did you or your parents receive…
- If your parents are remarried, you may be required to provide information for step-parents as well