Required Documents: Please read carefully. Check off all included information requested
below.
ALL APPEALS MUST INCLUDE:
Proof of qualifying event: Examples include: unemployment benefits statement, retirement or termination
notice, memo/letter from employer regarding change or reduction in employment, physician’s disability
statement, lawyer’s statement regarding separations, court statements regarding divorce, termination of
child support, social security benefit termination notice, death certificate, or obituary notice.
Completed 2019-20 Income Reduction Form
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Typed explanation of the income-lowering event, including exact dates of the event.
Completed 2019-2020 Verification Worksheet. Please complete and print this separate form from our
Forms Page
.
Copy of the student and spouse’s (if applicable) 2017
https://irs.gov
OFFICIAL Federal IRS Tax Return Transcript or
2017 Signed IRS Tax Returns. This can be ordered from .
Copy of the parent’s (for dependent students – not required for independent students) 2017 OFFICIAL
Federal IRS Tax Return Transcript or 2017 Signed IRS Tax Returns. This can be ordered
from https://irs.gov.
Completed 2019-2020 Asset Worksheet. Please complete and print this separate form from our Forms
page.
Copy of all the student’s and spouse’s (if applicable) 2017 W2’s.
Copy of all the parents’ (if applicable) 2017 W2’s.
A signed copy of the student and spouse (if applicable) 2018 tax forms (1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) and all
W2’s.
A signed copy of parents ((for dependent students – not required for independent students) 2018 tax
forms (1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) and all W2’s.
Final income statements (paycheck stubs) from all 2019 employers (if no longer employed)
Two current pay stubs or earnings statements from all current 2019 employers, for student, spouse,
and/or parents as applicable.
Two current statements from all non-W-2 related 2019 income (i.e. taxable Social Security, Worker’s
Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, projected business or rental income, etc.), for student,
spouse, and/or parents as applicable
.
THIS APPEAL WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND
RETURNED TO THE STUDENT IF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS