I just got an email from FAFSA reminding me to update parental information on my daughter’s financial aid application “now that the federal filing deadline has passed.” Last time I checked, I still had until April 15 to file my taxes. Did I fall asleep and wake up in April, or did they change tax laws without telling me, or something like that?
Redwolf
No, the postal service has become more efficient!
Maybe your daughter’s school is counting on decreased postal efficiency.
It’s very strange. I even checked on-line to see if I’d missed a federal filing deadline for FAFSA (FWIW, we’ve already filed it, but only with preliminary info, as we’re still working on our taxes), but that’s not until June.
Redwolf
I’d guess that what they meant to say was that the federal date for sending out the employer/bank forms to enable you to file your tax form has passed. (January 31)
http://taxes.about.com/od/Federal-Income-Taxes/qt/tax-deadlines.htm
ah, we did do this last year!!
Question re FAFSA (for college students/parents)
It just seems that every year they come up with something new to bedevil me with!
Usually we file our taxes quite early, but this year we’ve both been busy, and the return is more complicated than usual because we had a stock sale, so we’re only just now getting around to it.
Redwolf
Well, now we know! Just got this from FAFSA:
We recently sent an e-mail advising you to update your tax data on the FAFSA once you have filed your tax return. Please note that the e-mail stated in error that the federal tax filing deadline has passed. You should disregard that sentence. The federal tax deadline this year is April 17. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. You should still update the tax information on your FAFSA after you file your federal taxes, and we strongly encourage you to do that by importing your 2011 income tax information from the IRS into your FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.
U.S. Department of Education
Federal Student Aid
Sigh…
Redwofl
maybe next year 