Publication Date: July 13, 2011
Posted Date: July 13, 2011
Subject: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); Information To Be Verified for the 2012-2013 Award Year
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)] [Notices] [Pages 41231-41233] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-17655] ================================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA Nos. 84.007, 84.033, 84.038, 84.063, and 84.268] Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); Information To Be Verified for the 2012-2013 Award Year AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. ---------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On October 29, 2010, the Secretary published in the Federal Register (75 FR 66832) final regulations related to program integrity issues in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Included in these regulations were changes to subpart E of part 668 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which includes the Department's regulations for the verification of information submitted on a FAFSA by an applicant for financial assistance from the Federal student assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA. New Sec. 668.56(a) provides that for each award year the Secretary will publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify. New Sec. 668.57(d) further provides that if an applicant is selected to verify FAFSA information specified in the Federal Register notice, the applicant must provide the documentation that the Secretary has specified for that information in the Federal Register notice. Accordingly, through this notice, the Secretary announces the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify and the acceptable documentation that an applicant must provide to an institution to verify such FAFSA information for the 2012-2013 award year, which is the first award year following the effective date of the regulations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn C. Butler, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 8053, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7890. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following chart lists the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant and, if appropriate his or her parent(s) or spouse, may be required to verify and the acceptable documentation that an applicant must provide to an institution for that selected item for the 2012-2013 award year.
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\1\ A tax filer that filed an income tax return other than an IRS form,
such as a foreign or Puerto Rican tax form, must use the income
information (converted to U.S. dollars) from the lines of the relevant
income tax return that corresponds most closely to the income
information reported on a U.S. income tax return.
\2\ If an institution determines that obtaining a transcript from the
IRS is not possible, the institution may accept a copy of the 2011
income tax return that includes the signature of the filer of the
income tax return or one of the filers of a joint income tax return,
or the preparer's Social Security Number, Employer Identification
Number or that has the Preparer Tax Identification Number and has been
signed, stamped, typed, or printed with the name and address of the
preparer of the income tax return. Sec. 668.57(a)(1)(i) and Sec.
668.57(a)(7)
\3\ If an individual who is required to submit an IRS Form W-2 is unable
to obtain one in a timely manner, the institution may permit that
individual to provide a signed statement that includes the amount of
income earned from work, the source of that income, and the reason
that the IRS Form W-2 is not available in a timely manner.
Other Sources for Detailed Information
We provide a more detailed discussion on the verification process
in the following publications: