On the FAFSA site it says "If you filed your taxes electronically within the last 3 weeks or if you filed your taxes by mail within the last 11 weeks, your tax information may not be available yet from the IRS. "
Taxes were e-filed on Feb. 11.
BUT when I try to connect to the IRS site it says “We are unable to provide you with your Federal Income Tax Information. If you recently filed your taxes your IRS information may not be available yet. If you filed your taxes electronically, it may take 2-3 weeks”
Does anyone know, is it running slow, like IDOC is? Should I just bite the bullet and follow what it says on the IRS site, “You can use your personal copies of your tax returns and complete the FAFSA.”?
Thanks for the info. At least now I know what’s going on. A parent on our class of 2015 thread is wondering about having “Fin-Aid-Document-Induced Psychosis” and I’m feeling it myself ~X(
What is your interpretation of the last two categories in that table for electronic filers? What would cause a difference between the DRT being available within 3-4 weeks after full payment is made, and the DRT being available within 2-3 weeks after the return is processed in May? In both situations the payment owed is made sometime after the return was filed electronically.
There are penalties for late filing and penalties for late payment of an amount due. Not everyone can pay in full by April 15. I think even if the full amount owed isn’t paid until July or whatever, a return filed by April 15 will be processed in May and the DRT available 2-3 weeks later.
So is your interpretation that the last category in that table applies to those who have filed by the deadline with a balance due, but have not paid by the deadline? And that the third category applies to those who filed prior to the deadline with a balance due, did not pay at the time the return was filed, but paid later and still before the deadline?
That’s my thought, otherwise I don’t see a distinction if 3 and 4 both refer to those who pay in full by April 15.
One year my son owed an amount. We e-filed his return around Feb. 3rd but he didn’t pay right away. Then I discovered here on CC that the DRT wouldn’t be available until he paid. He mailed a check around Feb. 10 and the DRT was available around Feb. 24. Filing that early I don’t think his simple return would take 3 weeks to process if he hadn’t owed money. That’s just anecdotal evidence of the 3rd category.
AD. My daughter filed a 1040 EZ. She got a refund within a week…and the access to the DRT as well. She filed about the 10th of February.
We filed a 1040, also with a refund. It took 3 weeks for us to get our refund, and access to the DRT. We filed about the 15th. Just got access this week.
Yeah, I don’t see that there’s a distinction either. But one would think that they would make it clear that the last category pertains to those who owe but don’t pay until sometime after April 15.