Filling out fafsa - states the Income is on line 11 for 1040 but there is 11A and a 11B ??? no plain line 11 ?

[Carl]

Don't know what 1040 you may be looking at. But my 1040 along with the one identical to it at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf only has a single line 11 labeled "Subtract line 10 from line 9. This is your adjusted gross income"

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@Carl wrote:

Don't know what 1040 you may be looking at. But my 1040 along with the one identical to it at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf only has a single line 11.......

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I am going to take a wild guess that the 1040 is for the 2019 tax year.

[NCperson]

@cerrajane 

for tax years 2020, 2021 Line 11 is the "adjusted gross income".  for 2022, it will again be line 22 based on the draft form for next year

in 2019, Line 8a is the 'adjusted gross income".

What year is FAFSA asking you for?  is it really asking for 2019??????

[Critter-3]

A current FASFA form will want info from the 2020 or 2021 return ... I cannot believe they want anything off a 2019 return in 2022.   Read that form again ... do you have the correct current form  or one that is 2 -3  years old ?

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@Critter-3 wrote:

A current FASFA form will want info from the 2020 or 2021 return ... I cannot believe they want anything off a 2019 return in 2022. 

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I believe that is absolutely correct; the base year for 2021-2022 is the 2019 tax year. 

Somehow, @cerrajane must have done an internet search and got ahold of the 2021-2022 FAFSA application (PDF probably).

[Critter-3]

Current application  ....    https://studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/2022-23-fafsa.pdf   

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