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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

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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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UHEAA Outreach

Michelle Riddlemriddle@utahsbr.edu

(801) 321-7145

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(801) 366-8477