The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be performing maintenance on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, impacting the automated transfer of tax return information on StudentAid.gov. This is in addition to the regularly scheduled StudentAid.gov maintenance window on Sunday, Jan. 12.
The maintenance window is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 11 between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Eastern time (ET).
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From 6 a.m. until 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 11, users may access the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. However, they will need to provide federal tax information for both the 2024–25 and the 2025–26 FAFSA form manually. Applicants may wish to complete these applications after the outage is over.
As a reminder, the regular StudentAid.gov maintenance window is scheduled from 3–11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 12. Users will be unable to log in, create an account, or access certain site functionality during this time.
We appreciate your patience as this necessary maintenance is completed.