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2020-21 Parent Verification Form
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Student’s Last Name First Name M.I. Student’s Identification (ID) Number
Verification of 2018 Income Information for Parent
Complete part A if you filed a 2018 tax return; complete part B if you did not file a tax return.
A. Tax Return Filers
Important Note: The instructions below apply to each parent included in the household. If the parents filed
separate IRS income tax returns for 2018 we will need a 2018 tax return transcript for both parents.
Instructions: Com
plete this section if the parents filed a 2018 IRS income tax return(s). The best way to
verify income is by using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool that is part of FAFSA on the Web at FAFSA.gov. In
most cases, no further documentation is needed to verify 2018 income information that was transferred into
the student’s FAFSA using the IRS DRT if that information was not changed. DRT is not available if
married filing separately, if filing a foreign income tax return, or if filing an amended tax return.
Contact the financial aid office if more information is needed about using the IRS DRT.
Check the box that applies
The parents have used the IRS DRT in FAFSA on t
he Web to transfer 2018 IRS income tax return
information into the student’s FAFSA
The parents are unable or choose not to use the IRS DRT in FAFSA on the Web, and instead have
provided the school a 2018 IRS Tax Return Transcript(s).
A 2018 IRS Tax Return Transcript may be obtained through:
Get Transcript by Mail – Go to www.irs.gov, click "G
et Your Tax Record.” Click “Get Transcript
by Mail.” Make sure to request the “Return Transcript” and NOT the “Account Transcript.” The
transcript is generally
received within 10 business days from the IRS’s
receipt of the online
request.
Get Transcript Online – Go to www.irs.gov, click "Get Your Tax Record." Click “Get Transcript
Online.” Make sure to request the “Return Transcript” and NOT the “Account Transcript.” To
use the Get T
ranscript Online tool, the user must have (1) access to a valid ema
il address, (2) a
text-enabled mobile phone (pay-as-you-go plans cannot be used) in the user’s name, and (3)
specific finan
cial account numbers (such as a credit card number or an account numbe
r for a home
m
ortgage or auto loan). The transcript displays online upon successful completion of the IRS’s
two-step authentication.
Automated Telephone Request – 1-80
0-908-9946. Transcript is generally
received within 10
business days from the IRS’s receipt of the telephone request.
Paper Request Form
– IRS Form 4506T-EZ or IRS Form 4506-T. The transcript is generally
received within 10 business days from the IRS’s receipt of the paper request form.
In most cases, for electronic tax return filers, 2018 IRS income tax return information is available for
the IRS DRT or the IRS Tax Return Transcript within 2–3 weeks after the 2018 electronic IRS income
tax return has been accepted by the IRS. Generally, for filers of 2018 paper IRS income tax returns,