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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us the final straw was filling out the fAfsa and getting a question about whether my military husband had deployed to a combat zone in the past three years so the college could make sure to slurp up that danger pay that my husband put his as on the line for — especially since the form doesn’t ask about CEO bonuses, foreign service differentials etc. So many bad assumptions attached to that questions like the assumption that when you raise your kids alone for six months it costs the same as when you have a partner to help with the driving etc. or that people don’t cut back their own hours when their spouse deploys. Imagine if airlines raised the prices because someone’s husband got deployed it’s that level of stupidity that were objecting to.[/quote]

1) that’s not why they ask about combat

2) it does ask about ALL bonuses because they are W-2 income or stock assets.

Educate yourself first and then post. [/quote]

Why do they ask about combat?[/quote]

So that it is properly excluded as an additional income source:

[quote]Don’t include extended foster care benefits, student aid, earned income credit, child tax credit, welfare payments, untaxed Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act educational benefits, on-base military housing or military housing allowance, [b]combat pay[/b], benefits from flexible spending arrangements (e.g., cafeteria plans), foreign income exclusion, or credit for federal tax on special fuels.[/quote][/quote]

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There is actually a lot of support for veterans in the FAFSA system and they are careful that they get their due benefits. It's one of the strengths.[/quote]

Not all veterans or retirees have a GI bill.  Not all retirees have VA/veteran status.[/quote]

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