Business and/or investment farm
value includes:
• the market value of land, buildings, machinery,
equipment, inventory, etc. Business and/or
investment farm debt means only those debts for
which the business or investment farm was used
as collateral.
Business value DOES NOT include:
• the value of a small business if your family owns
and controls more than 50 percent of the business
and the business has 100 or fewer full-time or
full-time equivalent employees. For small business
value, your family includes (1) persons directly
related to you, such as a parent, sister or cousin,
or (2) persons who are or were related to you by
marriage, such as a spouse, stepparent or sister-
in-law. Investment farm value does not include the
value of a family farm that you (your spouse and/or
your parents) live on and operate
Notes on Verication of Income for Individu-
als with Unusual Circumstances
An individual who is required to le a 2017 IRS income
tax return and has been granted a ling extension by
the IRS beyond the automatic six-month extension for
tax year 2017, must provide:
• A copy of IRS Form 4868, Application for Automatic
Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax
Return, that was led with the IRS for tax year 2017;
• A copy of the IRS’s approval of an extension beyond
the automatic six-month extension for tax year 2017;
• 529 college savings plans and the refund value
of 529 prepaid tuition plans). For a student who
does not report parental information, the accounts
owned by the student (and/or the student’s spouse)
are reported as student investments in question
42. For a student who must report parental
information, the accounts are reported as parental
investments in question 91, including all accounts
owned by the student and all accounts owned by
the parents for any member of the household.
• Money received, or paid on your behalf, also
includes distributions to you (the student
benefciary) from a 529 plan that is owned by
someone other than you or your parents (such
as your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and non-
custodial parents).
Investments DO NOT include:
• the home you live in, the value of life insurance;
• retirement plans (401[k] plans;
• pension funds;
• annuities;
• non-education IRAs, Keogh plans, etc.);
• cash, savings and checking accounts already
reported in questions 41 and 90;
• UGMA and UTMA accounts for which you are the
custodian, but not the owner. Investment value
means the current balance or market value of
these investments as of today. Investment debt
means only those debts that are related to the
investments.
E. High School Completion Status
Provide one of the following documents to indicate the student’s high school completion status when the student begins
college in 2019–2020:
• A copy of the student’s high school diploma.
• For students who completed secondary education in a foreign country, a copy of the “secondary school leaving
certicate” or other similar document.
• A copy of the student’s nal ocial high school transcript that shows the date when the diploma was awarded.
• A State certicate or transcript received by a student after the student passed a State-authorized examination that
the State recognizes as the equivalent of a high school diploma (GED test, HiSET, TASC, or other State-authorized
examination).
• An academic transcript that indicates the student successfully completed at least a two-year program that is acceptable for full
credit toward a bachelor’s degree.
• For a student who was homeschooled in a State where State law requires the student to obtain a secondary school completion
credential for homeschooling (other than a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent), a copy of that credential.
• For a student who was homeschooled in a State where State law does not require the student to obtain a secondary school
completion credential for homeschooling (other than a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent), a
transcript, or the equivalent, signed by the student’s parent or guardian, that lists the secondary school courses the
student completed and includes a statement that the student successfully completed a secondary school education in a home-
school setting.
A student who is unable to obtain the documentation listed above must contact the nancial aid oce.
F. CerticationandSignature
Each person signing below certies that all of the information reported is complete and correct.
Date:
Student’s Signature
Financial Aid Services
10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy
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443-518-1260; 443-518-4576 (FAX)
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Investments also include:
• Verication of Non-ling Letter (conrmation that
the tax return has not yet been led) from the IRS
or other relevant tax authority dated on or after
October 1, 2018;
• A copy of IRS Form W–2 for each source of em-
ployment income received or an equivalent docu-
ment for tax year 2017 and,
• If self-employed, a signed statement certifying
the amount of the individual’s Adjusted Gross
Income and the U.S. income tax paid for tax year
2017.
An individual who led an amended IRS income
tax return for tax year 2017 must provide:
• A 2017 IRS Tax Return Transcript (that will only
include information from the original tax return
and does not have to be signed), or any other IRS
tax transcript(s) that includes all of the income
and tax information required to be veried; and
• A signed copy of the 2017 IRS Form 1040X,
“Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return,”
that was led with the IRS.
An individual who was the victim of IRS tax-
related identity theft must provide:
• A Tax Return DataBase View (TRDBV) tran-
script obtained from the IRS, or any other IRS
tax transcript(s) that includes all of the income
and tax information required to be veried; and
• A statement signed and dated by the tax ler
indicating that he or she was a victim of IRS tax-
related identity theft and that the IRS is aware of
the tax-related identity theft.