2008-2009 Bulletin â PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University
2008-2009 Bulletin â PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University
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following deadlines:<br />
February 1:<br />
March 1:<br />
April 1:<br />
April 20:<br />
May 5:<br />
First-year candidates, both early<br />
and regular decision: paper version<br />
of FAFSA<br />
First-year candidates, both early<br />
and regular decision: online<br />
Transfer applicants: paper version<br />
of FAFSA<br />
Transfer applicants: online<br />
Continuing students: online or<br />
paper version of FAFSA<br />
4. Noncustodial Parent’s Statement<br />
Form<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong> believes that the principal<br />
responsibility for meeting educational<br />
costs belongs to the family and offers<br />
financial aid only to supplement the family’s<br />
resources. If the student’s natural<br />
parents are divorced or separated,<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong> requires each parent to provide<br />
financial information as part of the<br />
student’s application for financial aid.<br />
The parent with whom the applicant<br />
lives most of the year should complete<br />
the PROFILE Form and the FAFSA. The<br />
noncustodial parent should submit an<br />
income tax return and the Noncustodial<br />
Parent’s Statement to the financial aid<br />
office.<br />
First-year and transfer applicants and<br />
continuing students should complete the<br />
CSS Noncustodial PROFILE. The deadlines<br />
for completing this form are:<br />
November 15: First-year early decision<br />
candidates<br />
March 1: First-year regular decision<br />
candidates<br />
April 20: Transfer applicants<br />
May 5: Continuing students<br />
5. Business/Farm Information<br />
If the student or parents own all or part<br />
of a business, corporations, or partnership,<br />
or are farm tenants, a complete<br />
copy of the most recent business tax<br />
return (including all schedules) must be<br />
submitted to <strong>Columbia</strong>. Sole proprietors<br />
must submit Schedule C. The deadlines<br />
to return these documents to the financial<br />
aid office are:<br />
November 15: First-year early decision<br />
candidates<br />
March 1: First-year regular decision<br />
candidates<br />
April 20: Transfer applicants<br />
May 5: Continuing students<br />
6. Federal income tax returns<br />
Signed copies of parent and student<br />
federal income tax returns, including<br />
W-2 forms and all schedules, are<br />
required for verification of the information<br />
reported on the PROFILE Form and<br />
FAFSA. The financial aid office strongly<br />
encourages families of first-year applicants<br />
to complete their federal income<br />
taxes in February. Signed copies of federal<br />
tax returns for parents and, if applicable,<br />
for students should be submitted<br />
to the financial aid office as soon as they<br />
are completed. The preferred deadlines<br />
for submission of signed federal tax<br />
returns are:<br />
March 1: First-year candidates<br />
(early and regular decision)<br />
April 20: Transfer applicants<br />
May 5: Continuing students<br />
TAX WITHHOLDING FOR<br />
NONRESIDENT ALIEN<br />
SCHOLARSHIP AND<br />
FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS<br />
United States tax law requires the<br />
<strong>University</strong> to withhold tax at the rate of<br />
14 percent on scholarship and fellowship<br />
grants paid to nonresident aliens<br />
<strong>SEAS</strong> <strong>2008</strong>–<strong>2009</strong>
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