This is question 87 on the paper FAFSA.

This question cannot be left blank unless the student's parents will not file a tax return.

Enter your parents' total tax amount for 2008.

If your parents filed:

IRS form	Enter Amount From Line
1040	56
1040A	35
1040EZ	11

Note: The line numbers above are from the Internal Revenue Service tax form, not from the W-2 form.

If your parents' total tax for 2008 is:

Income Tax Paid	Enter
One million or more	999999
Zero	0

Round to the nearest dollar and do not include commas or decimal points.

Note: Income tax is not income. It is the amount of tax that your parents paid on the income that they earned from work. Your parents' income tax amount should not be the same as their Adjusted Gross Income (AGI).

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