Elizabeth Fuenzalida
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a independent 4 my financial aid? If my parents claim me as a dependant on taxes does it screw up me filing as a independent for my financial aid?
By the time I apply for college ( in fall ) I will have been living on my own for a little over a year, my parents can't afford to send me to college but make too much money for me to qualify as " needing financial aid" if I'm there dependent.
BUT they want to put me as a dependent on their tax return... So can I file for and independent (financial aid wise) and dependent tax wise?
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btw this is they are filing taxes for (2010) the ones that are due this April (2011) ? So I'm not talking about years to come I'm talking strictly about how this will effect my financial aid. If I don't apply as a independent for financial aid I don''t get money. Can I apply for financial aid as inde. and taxes as de.
By the time I apply for college ( in fall ) I will have been living on my own for a little over a year, my parents can't afford to send me to college but make too much money for me to qualify as " needing financial aid" if I'm there dependent.
BUT they want to put me as a dependent on their tax return... So can I file for and independent (financial aid wise) and dependent tax wise?
Additional Details
btw this is they are filing taxes for (2010) the ones that are due this April (2011) ? So I'm not talking about years to come I'm talking strictly about how this will effect my financial aid. If I don't apply as a independent for financial aid I don''t get money. Can I apply for financial aid as inde. and taxes as de.