<prompt> Human: Im hoping you have some advice for me about how to help my SO be more financially legit. He works for a family-owned autocollision business and gets paid weekly by his brother. He doesnt pay taxes on this income and has never filled out a W-4 or received a W-2, and Im not sure of the tax situation with the family business. His family is not from the U.S. and I think they are skepticalhave a limited understanding of proper documentation for things like this. As a result, he has limited understanding of the potentially huge implications for him financially and career-wise, and I am only just beginning to understand all the problems with his situation.I just recently helped him fill out the FAFSA and he is eligible for a 5800 Pell Grant I did not complete information about his parents and since he didnt file taxes, I listed 0 as his income and 10,000 as income received to pay for school, so his estimated family contribution is 0. This grant would significantly help him out, but I have a couple questions:1. Is filling out the FAFSA in this wayaccepting the Pell Grant legally problematic?2. He will be graduating from college within the next couple years... when applying to jobs his major is finance, so he will likely be applying to major financial corporations, will they check his IRS records to verify employment history?3. If so, what are his options for retroactively paying taxes? How should he approach this situation with his brother, who would also have to document this?4. I have looked into claiming him as a dependent, but that would involve him not reporting his income to the IRS dependents have to make 3700 per year. Doing this would be a bad idea on my part i.e., tax fraud, right?My family has always been by-the-book legit with finances and taxes, so Ive taken a lot of this stuff for granted that he is now having to learn how to deal with himself. I decided to post here because I cant be of much help to him with my limited knowledge and because he cant ask his family for advice due to their potentially shady practices. I dont want him to get screwed over when he enters the job market due to not paying taxes on his previous income... from my understanding hed either have to say he has no employment history or retroactively pay taxes to verify employment. Any tipsadvice you may have would be greatly appreciated!  <response>: Tips or advice? Dont marry him as long as he works for this family business and operates in this fashion. The whole post is a giant shitshowTheres no might be about it. They are doing some very sketchy accounting. 