This is question 93 on the paper FAFSA.

This field cannot be left blank.

Enter the net worth of your parents' current businesses and/or investment farms as of today. Net worth means current value minus debt (what is owed).

If the net worth is:

Net worth value	Enter
One million or more	999999
Zero or less than zero	0

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

A business and/or investment farm value includes the market value of land, buildings, machinery, equipment, inventory, etc. Business and/or investment farm debt means only those debts for which the business or investment farm was used as collateral.

Business value does not include the value of a small business if your family owns and controls more than 50% of the business and the business has 100 or fewer full-time or full-time equivalent employees. For small business value, your family includes (1) persons directly related to you such as a parent, sister, or cousin or (2) persons who are or were related to you by marriage such as a spouse, step-parent, or sister-in-law.

For more information about reporting investments, call the Federal Student Aid Information Center 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).

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