verification process update verification process update
verification process update verification process update
verification process update verification process update
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VERIFICATION PROCESS UPDATE<br />
Lisa Hearn<br />
Coordinator of Communications<br />
Management, Financial Aid
Found Found Less Less is is More More & Faster Faster<br />
• OTC customized <strong>verification</strong> for 2012 - 2013<br />
– Some students were not required to submit any<br />
documentation<br />
– For others it reduced the number of documents<br />
• Processing Time<br />
– Reduced<br />
– Student awards posted earlier
2013 2013 – 2014 2014 Verification<br />
• Department of Education moving towards<br />
customized <strong>verification</strong><br />
• Items to be verified will be grouped and<br />
student specific<br />
• Individual student’s FAFSA will indicate which<br />
group of items the student must verify
New New Verification Items Items<br />
• High school completion status<br />
– Or recognized equivalent of a high school diploma<br />
• Identity/Statement of Educational Purpose<br />
– Why Combat fraud<br />
– Appear in person and present a valid government<br />
issued photo id<br />
– A signed statement of educational purpose<br />
• Indicated will be less than 1%
Standard (V1) (V1)<br />
• # in household & college<br />
• Tax filers<br />
– AGI & U.S. Income Tax Paid<br />
– Certain untaxed income<br />
• Non-tax filers<br />
– Income earned from work<br />
• SNAP (food stamps) & Child Support Paid<br />
– Only if indicated on the FAFSA
SNAP SNAP (V2) (V2)<br />
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<br />
(SNAP – Food stamps)
Child Child Support Paid Paid (V3) (V3)<br />
• Child Support Paid<br />
– The student or spouse<br />
– Student’s parent or both
Custom (V4) (V4)<br />
• Dept of Ed will pick from the <strong>verification</strong> items<br />
• For example:<br />
– High school completion status<br />
– Identity/statement of education purpose<br />
– Snap – food stamps<br />
– Child support paid
• Everything<br />
Aggregate (V5) (V5)<br />
– High school completion status<br />
– Identity/statement of educational purpose<br />
– Tax filer – all items indicated in V1<br />
– Non-tax filer – all items indicated in V1
Selected for for Verification<br />
• Financial Aid Priority Deadline Fall 2013: July 15, 2013<br />
• Filed a 2012 tax return<br />
– Use IRS Data Retrieval Tool (if eligible) to reduce <strong>process</strong> time<br />
• OTC has a webpage: Can I use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool<br />
– How to request a tax return transcript<br />
• IRS website: click on the "Order a Return or Account Transcript" link<br />
• Call 1-800-908-9946<br />
• Make sure to request the "IRS tax return transcript".<br />
• Need Social Security Number, date of birth, and the address on file<br />
with the IRS (normally this will be the address used when your 2011<br />
IRS tax return was filed).<br />
• 2 weeks for IRS income information to be available for electronic IRS<br />
tax return filers<br />
• 8 weeks for paper IRS tax return filers