After a LONG vacation, I went back to dancing in April of this year. I took all of July and August off, and I've only been working 3 days a week, so I haven't been making a huge amount, but every night when I get home, I count my money, write it down in a notebook, and put away 30% of it for taxes. Everything seems to be going fine, right?
The thing is that in addition to my scholarship, I have a rather sizable grant that I get for school. They pay my tuition and then deposit about another $2800 into my checking account every quarter. When I filled out the FAFSA for this year in February, though, I didn't plan on going back to dancing. The FAFSA just asked for the income amount from the previous year (which was a couple thousand from when I worked retail, so I just wrote down what was on my W-2 from that). So they processed that and gave me lots of money... I filled all the questions out accurately at the time, but then I went back to dancing... This is my last year in college (undergrad anyway), so I won't be applying for FAFSA for next year.
And another thing, I haven't sent in any estimated quarterlies. I only worked for April-May-June, then September and October so far... It kind of slipped my mind, and when I remembered, I thought it was so late in the year, I might as well just wait until January and do it all at once..I have plenty of money to pay the taxes, but I just didn't send in any quarterlies..
I sort of have the feeling I'm doing something wrong here. Was I supposed to edit the FAFSA at some point? The FAFSA doesn't ask anything about the current year's income, only the previous year. And my dad claimed me as a dependent on his taxes last year, because I had only a couple thousand from retail I'd earned, and so I didn't file. I'm kind of worried... I'm trying to do everything right, but I wasn't sure when or if I was going to go back to dancing, and if I was going to be doing anything more than a 1 night a week/ 1 night a month thing.. Ergh.. Does this make sense, am I doing anything wrong?



I have plenty of money to pay the taxes, but I just didn't send in any quarterlies..
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I guess that's good.. I'm still worried.. hm... 
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