FAFSA Verification
The Federal Processor will select, at random, a certain number of FAFSA's that are filed each year for Verification. When selected, Jacksonville University is required by law to collect certain documentation from the student and the parent(s) listed on the FAFSA to verify information that was submitted. Being selected for Verification is not an indication that there is a problem, but rather a quality control process to assure accuracy in the Federal 金融援助 system.
When a FAFSA is selected for verification, the Office of 金融援助 will send to the student a notice with information about what documentation is required and how it may be obtained and submitted. There are several levels of verification, and the information required to be collected may include several of the following items:
- Adjusted Gross Income
- US Income tax paid
- Untaxed portions of IRA distributions
- Untaxed portions of pensions
- IRA deductions and payments
- Tax-exempt interest income
- Education credits
- 家庭规模
- Number of household members in college
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits
- Child support paid
- Statement of education purpose (a promise that you will use financial aid for college 费用)
- Proof of high school graduation
Most students selected for verification will be able to satisfy the verification requirement with two easy steps:
- 完成 Verification Worksheet 全额. The worksheet must be signed by the student and at least one parent and returned to the Office of 金融援助.
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- 去 www.fafsa.政府 and make corrections to your FAFSA by using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) which will link your FAFSA to your taxes. Please be sure you do not change any information in the FAFSA that is populated by the retrieval tool. You must allow the IRS at least 2 weeks processing time from when you file your taxes before attempting to utilize 在DRT. Or...
- For students and parents who filed taxes, obtain an Official IRS Tax Transcript from 国税局网址:www.国税局.政府. A copy will be mailed to you. Please submit copies for both student and parent(s) of the transcript to the Office of 金融援助.
Sometimes it is necessary to file for an extension of taxes which will make it not possible to do step 2 above. In the case of a tax extension, please submit to the Office of 金融援助 a signed copy of your IRS Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. Please also provide copies of all W-2 forms, or if you are self-employed, a signed statement with the amount 美国通用电气公司和美国.S. Income taxes paid or to be paid.
The Office of 金融援助 and Jacksonville University cannot waive the requirement for verification when selected by the Federal Processor. Failure to provide documentation in a timely manner may result in the loss of eligibility for institutional-based aid and will delay the application of Federal and/or State-based aid.