Verification WorksheetIndependent Student
2020-2021
Office of Financial Aid 100 East 8
th
Street PO Box 9000 ▪ Holland, MI 49422-9000
P: 616-395-7765 ▪ F: 616-395-7160finaid@hope.edu ▪ hope.edu/financialaid
The information on this form is required to process your financial aid application. Complete and return this
form to the Hope College Office of Financial Aid. Use zero to indicate you do not have any dollar
amount to report.
Student Name:
Hope College ID Number:
Household Information
List the people in your household, including:
yourself and
your spouse (if applicable) and
your children (if applicable) if you will provide more than half of their support from July 1, 2020 through June
30, 2021 and
other household members only if they now live with and receive more than half of their support from you and they
will continue to receive this support through June 30, 2021.
Full names of ALL
household members
as defined above:
Age:
Relationship
to student:
Will he/she be
enrolled in a
degree
program at a
college/univer
sity at least
half-time in
2020-2021?
If enrolled in
college/university, what type
of program?
Name of college/university:
Under-
graduate
Graduate
Medical/
Law/
Dental
YOU
SELF
Yes No
HOPE COLLEGE
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
2018 Income Tax Information
List below your employer(s) and any income received in 2018 even if you do not receive a W-2. Enter N/A if you did not
work or earn income. Do not leave blank. Provide copies of all W-2 statements.
Student:
Spouse (if applicable):
Source of Income Amount W-2 provided
$
Yes No
$
Yes No
$
Yes No
Source of Income Amount W-2 provided
$
Yes No
$
Yes No
$
Yes No
Student/Spouse
Please select one:
I/We have filed a 2018 Federal income tax return and
will provide a Tax Return Transcript or use the IRS
Data Retrieval Tool from the FAFSA at www.fafsa.gov
.
I/We will not file and are not required to file a 2018
Federal income tax return. I/We will submit
confirmation of non-filing from the IRS using IRS form
4506-T. Select box 7 on IRS form 4506-T.
Documentation must be dated on or after October 1,
2019. IRS request form available at www.irs.gov
.
A 2018 IRS Tax Return Transcript may be obtained through:
Get Transcript by MAIL – Go to www.irs.gov
, click “Get Your Tax Record”, then click “Get Transcript by Mail.”
Make sure to request the “IRS Tax Return Transcript” and NOT the “IRS Tax Account Transcript.”
Get Transcript ONLINEGo to www.irs.gov, click “Get Your Tax Record”, then click “Get Transcript Online.” Make
sure to request the “IRS Tax Return Transcript” and NOT the “IRS Tax Account Transcript.”
Automated Telephone Request – 1-800-908-9946
Paper Request FormIRS Form 4506-T
2018 Untaxed Income Information
Use zero to indicate you do not have any dollar amount to report
Student/Spouse
Untaxed Social Security benefits received for all household members (including the untaxed
portion of Social Security benefits reported on parents’ IRS Form 1040-line 5a).
Untaxed SSI disability benefits received for ALL household members.
Welfare benefits (including TANF). Do not include food stamps or subsidized housing.
Child support received for all children. Do not include foster care or adoption payments.
Foreign income exclusion (IRS Form 2555-line 45/Schedule 1-line 21).
Housing, food and other living allowances paid to members of the military, clergy, and others
(including cash payments and cash value of benefits). Do not include the value of on-base
military housing or a military BAH.
Veterans’ non-education benefits such as Disability, Death Pension, Dependency & Indemnity
Compensation (DIC), &/or VA Educational Work Study allowances.
Worker’s compensation.
Any other untaxed income or benefits. Describe sources(s):
Cash received or any money paid on your behalf and not reported elsewhere on this form
(include support from family members not listed in your household, as well as distributions from
529 plans not owned by you or your custodial parents).
Warning: If you purposely give false or misleading information, you may be fined, sent to prison, or
both. Each person signing below certifies that all of the information reported is complete and correct. The student and
one parent whose information was reported on the FAFSA must sign and date.
Student Signature:
Date Signed:
VERWI