Publication Date: September 21, 2004
Author: General Manager, Students Channel, FSA ASEDS
Summary: 2005-2006 Software Developers Specifications
Posted on 09-21-2004
TO: Software DevelopersFROM: Central Processing System (CPS)
RE: 2005-2006 Software Developers Specifications
DATE: September 21, 2004
The CPS is pleased to provide the 2005-2006 Software Developers Specifications package on the U.S. Department of Education's Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site located at http://ifap.ed.gov, under Application Processing Materials, 2005-2006 Award Year. The specifications are also posted to the Department's Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://fsadownload.ed.gov, under References and Documentation, CPS Test System 2005-2006.
There are several significant changes to the specifications. The following is a general summary of the substantive changes that have been made to each section of the specifications.
VALID FIELD DEFINITIONS
- Date fields incremented.
- Canadian Province codes added to State Code list.
- Value of zero deleted for Parents' Number of Family Members and Number in College to agree with CPS field definitions.
MODEL DETERMINATION
- Dates have been updated in the applicable edits.
COMPLETE ASSUMPTIONS
- No changes have been made to the Complete Assumption edits.
SIMPLIFIED NEEDS TEST
- Simplified Needs Test edits revised to require non-blank AGI when Tax Type is 1040A/EZ.
COMPLETE REJECT EDITS
- Dates incremented in rejects A and B.
- Reject 12 for student's taxes paid changed to reject 3.
- Edits for rejects D, E, F, J, and K have been added and edits have been renumbered.
FORMULA CALCULATIONS
- Updated State Tax Allowance tables to include Canadian Province codes.
- Updated SST, IPA, EA, ANW, APA, and AAI rates and tables.
Please note the CPS will not complete testing of these specifications until January 1, 2005. Software developers should be prepared to receive updates to the specifications until that time.
If you have questions related to the specifications, please contact Dan Staples, ORC Macro International, at 301/572-0272, or via e-mail at Daniel.A.Staples@orcmacro.com.
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