The FAO may require documentation of reported FAFSA information of the parents of a dependent student if any of the following apply: • Both of the parents are mentally incapacitated. • They are residing in a country other than the United States and can’t be contacted by normal means. • They can’t be located because the student does not have and cannot get their contact information. The FAO may require documentation of reported FAFSA information given concerning the spouse of a dependent student if any of the following apply: • The spouse has died. • They are mentally incapacitated. • They are residing in a country other than the United States and cannot be contacted by normal means. The spouse cannot be located because the student does not have and cannot get the spouse’s contact Who can be excluded from the verification process? • Death of the student. • Not an aid recipient. • The applicant is eligible to receive only unsubsidized student financial assistance. What documentation is needed? Documenting Family Income and Tax Paid The department encourages students and parents to use the FAFSA/IRS Data Retrieval Tool (IRS DRT). For the retrieved data to be acceptable documentation of tax data, it is necessary that neither students nor parents change the data after it is transferred from the IRS. If the data was changed or if your FAO has a reason to believe the data transferred is incorrect, the student will need to provide other documentation as explained below. The IRS request field(s) on the ISIR will have a value of “02” when the data is unchanged. If students cannot or will not use IRS Data Retrieval, either at initial FAFSA filing or through the FOTW correction process, they must document AGI, taxes paid, and untaxed income by providing an IRS tax return transcript for the student and spouse or parents, as applicable. Under the following conditions the IRS Data Retrieval is not available in FOTW (FASFA on the web). All apply to both students and parents unless otherwise noted: • The person did not indicate on the FAFSA that the tax return has been completed. • The marriage date is January 2019 or later. • The first three digits of the SSN are 666. • The tax return was amended. • The person filed a Puerto Rican or foreign tax return. • The person is married and filed the tax return either as head of household or married but filing a separate return. • Neither married parent entered a valid SSN. • A non-married parent or both married parents entered all zeros for the SSN.
Verification of Tracking Groups V1-V5 Students who are selected for verification will be placed in one of the five following groups, V1, V4, V5. The group determines which FAFSA information must be verified for the student. The data to be verified would correspond to the data reported by the student, the student’s spouse and/or if applicable, the parent whos data was also included in the FAFSA. Items to Verify Per Group Assigned Verification tracking groups the data to be reviewed will correspond to the data required in each of the following groups: V1 Standard Verification Group. Tracking flag V1 V2 Reserved V3 Reserved V4 Custom Verification Group. Tracking flag V4 V5 Aggregate Verification Group. Tracking flag V5Items to Verify 2023 - 2024 Tracking Groups Tax Filers: V1 V3 V4 V5 Adjusted gross income X X U.S. income tax paid X X Untaxed portions of pensions X X IRA deductions & payments X X Tax-exempt interest income X X Education credits X X Household size X X Number in college X X Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP Benefits) X Child support paid X Students who are not tax filers must verify the following: Income earned from work X X Household size X X Number in college X X High school completion status X X Identify/statement of education purpose X X Certification & Signature X X X
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