Who knows about taxes? Please HELP!!!?

What do they mean when they ask: Enter the amount of the student's (and his/her spouse's) income tax for 2006 (question 36): This information may be on the following forms: * IRS Form 1040 - line 57; * 1040A - line 35; or * 1040EZ - line 11. WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM ME? What form are the talking about? Would this be my W2 form? or would it be in the paper work that Jackson Hewitt did, and gave back to me, pplease explain as if explaining to a child! I don't know about these taxes...PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Public Comments

1. Look at your copy of your tax return, on the line they mentioned. It's right there.
2. Not your W2. Get your paperwork from Jackson Hewitt. Look on the top of the form, it will either say 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ. Which does is say? Depending on your answer, look at the line that you posted in your post on that tax form.
3. This sounds like a question on FASFA. Look at the copy of your retunr your preparer gave you. There is a line that states "Total TAX". Use that number.
4. A 1040 (whatever version) is the form you send each year to the IRS. If you took your W-2 to Jackson Hewitt and had them do your tax return, they should have given you a copy of your return. That's what you need to look at. One of the pages will say 1040 at the top, maybe followed by the letters A or EZ. Look at the line they mention for what your form says on top - that's the number they're looking for.