<p>One of the college's I applied to requested an Independent Student Verification Worksheet. The worksheet requests information from the 2008 tax forms . . . Can this be right? Why would they want tax info from two years ago instead of the most recent one (last year's)?</p>
<p>Assuming this is for the 2010-2011 school year starting fall and that this is a FAFSA school it does seem unusual. I’m wondering if they didn’t update their verification forms properly. I would check with them before you send it.</p>
<p>Nope – we had that with one of D’s schools last year. I called the FA office to see if it perhaps hadn’t been updated, but that’s indeed what they wanted. The FA officer (very nice) with whom I spoke said that besides giving them a two year look at finances, the prior tax return was also final, whereas many families, especially those with family businesses or K1 income don’t end up really completing their income tax filings until August.</p>