<p>My university says if I don't submit a 'Copy of Parents Tax Transcript' by June 15th my financial aid may be subject to cancellation. Now we live abroad and we have an automatic extension to submit Tax info so my dad hasn't done them yet.</p>
<p>Now my university also says the following:
"We received notification yesterday from the U.S. Department of Education that we are able to accept signed 1040's in place of the tax transcripts for the 2012-2013 academic year until July 15, 2012. After July 15, 2012, you and/or your parents will need to submit a copy of the actual tax transcript."</p>
<p>So what is he entitled to submit now? Does he only have to fill out the 1040 and send it to my university so that my aid shouldn't be cancelled? </p>
<p>Someone help out please!</p>
<p>It sounds like the university will accept a signed copy of the tax return. I had heard that the feds had authorized this as a short-term workaround for the significant problems that taxpayers have had getting timely transcripts (or getting the IRS uplink to work) from the IRS. I would send the signed 1040 ASAP.</p>
<p>It’s pretty straightforward. The fact that the IRS gives your family an extension to file does not matter to your university. You have to abide by the university’s rules if you want aid. </p>
<p>Your family has to submit a signed 1040 to the school by 6/15 or you lose your aid. You can wait to file the 1040 with the IRS but what you file with the IRS has to be exactly the same as what you give the university by 6/15. So there is no reason to wait. </p>
<p>There is a lesson here for your parents - file early if you want aid!</p>
<p>For this year, yes, the school is permitting you to submit a signed 1040, in lieu of forms from the IRS. But in future years, when this system now in place for verification is working, those who want financial aid are going to have to file their taxes by 4/15. No extensions permitted. If it is truly impossible for a family to file a 100% accurate return by then, and still want financial aid for a student, a return with incomplete but best possible info should be filed, and the real return filed as a 1040x when all the information is available, with the new form immediately sent to the college as revised information. Any difference may be reflected in the award given being rescinded, or (I find this hard to believe) more aid given. More likely more eligibility for loan subsidization and work study except at the most generous schools.</p>
<p>We used to live outside the US and never filed before the extension date either. However, if you want financial aid, your family can’t be doing that. Your dad should file his 1040 RIGHT NOW using his best figures. When he has the real figures, he can file an amended form, the 1040x. He can even file that amendment a couple years from now if that is when he figures it all out. [Internal</a> Revenue Service](<a href=“http://Www.IRS.gov%5DInternal”>http://Www.IRS.gov) has all the details.</p>
<p>I had an issue similar to this. My parents got an extension on their taxes so my mom wasn’t going to file them until a week before my deadline. Then we found out that it takes 2 weeks for verification from the IRS to my school using the IRS retrieval or a transcript. I called the school and let them know about the extension and she said that was fine. I just needed to submit a copy of the extension letter as proof with the W-2. She said the W-2 isn’t an official verification but it will get me past the deadline. She said I would have to update my parents tax info as soon as they filed. Since the tax extension deadline is in October you will be paying out of pocket for the semester/quarter and then get reimbursed. Even if you verify your taxes after the fafsa deadline you could risk a delay in funds, so the sooner you get them to file the better.</p>
<p>This was for UCSD so the best thing to do is call you school and find out what they require. And push your parents to file unless they are willing to pay out of pocket until your aid clears.</p>
<p>As I mentioned, the transcript document takes about a week for your IRS info to be cleared, then it takes about 2 weeks for it to reach the school after you request it. Take advantage of the signed 1040 exception for faster results.</p>