<p>It’s really hard to believe that a college would actually review someone’s
business records to the point of requiring mileage receipts etc. Any
business can have wide disparities from year to year, sometimes planned
sometimes random. It would be very time consuming, complex operation
to review the records of most small business, especially over a period of
several years. I can’t believe that most finaid officers would have the
resources or training to do that job. If you have legitimately filed with the
IRS, copies of all filed documents should be sufficient. Questions about the
details are the responsibility of the IRS not the colleges. It feels discriminatory,
do they do this to rich folks? As a college administrator this kind of approach,
especially if done on a regular basis with a specific subset of applicants would
raise concerns about a law suit.</p>