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The FAFSA Film Festival Presents:
The Five Minute FAFSA
What you need• Your Social Security Number• Your driver’s license, if you have one• Your W-2 Forms for the 2010 tax year and other records of money earned• Your 2010 Federal Tax Return – IRS Form 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ• Your parent’s 2010 Federal Income Tax Return• Your untaxed income records for the 2010 tax year – i.e. Social Security Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and welfare
What you needYour current bank
statementsYour current business and
investment mortgage information, business and farm records, stock, bond, and other investment records
Documentation that you are a U.S. permanent resident or other eligible noncitizen
WWW.PIN.ED.GOV
Instructions
What you need to enter
Submit
Confirmation
Login Information
Getting Started
Introduction & FAQ
Student Demographics
Student Eligibility
Choosing Schools
Dependency Status
Dependency Status
Parents’ Demographics
Parents’ Finances, Part I
Parents’ Finances, Part II
Parents’ Finances, Part III
Student Finances, Part I
Student Finances, Part II
Student Finances, Part III
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Signing
Confirmation
Common Mistakes Blank fields Using commas or decimal
points in numeric fields Listing incorrect SSN or DL # Entering the wrong federal
income tax paid amount Listing Adjusted Gross Income
as equal to total income Listing marital status
incorrectly Listing parent marital status
incorrectly Leaving the question about
drug-related offenses blank Forgetting to list the college Forgetting to sign and date Entering the wrong address Sending in a copy of your
income tax returns
D’oh!
Remember!The FAFSA is used to
qualify for grants and loansMany private and school-
based scholarships require you fill out the FAFSA
If you don’t fill it out, you will never know what you could qualify for
FAFSA = Possibility of FREE money!
Any Questions?
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