<p>I'm applying for the May 1st deadline for Financial Aid and I need to link my FAFSA to the IRS Data Retrieval Tool or get a Parent Tax Return Transcript. For some reason it's unavailable at this time, and I only have a few days left to submit this online. Is anyone familiar with this situation/can help? I even tried calling, and even the number said that it was unavailable but it's essential I submit it, so what do I do?
Thank you for any help in advance.</p>
<p>It takes a couple of weeks from the date of filing to be available. I had a problem once because I did my taxes with Turbo tax early but owed a small amount to the IRS. I elected to have it debited on April 15th as I figured why give them the money any sooner than I have to. After weeks of waiting for the retrieval tool to be available, I found out that data would not be available until the debit was processed. I called and paid by credit card and canceled the pending debit. Shortly after that I was able to retrieve the data.</p>