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Last year our accountant's link to the IRS was hacked, or might have been hacked, or something. Which meant that even after our taxes were e-filed, we had to go through a massive back-and-forth to prove that we were us and the taxes were our taxes and so forth and so on.
Enter, some months later, the FAFSA (that's Financial Aid Federal Sucks Air out of the universe to you), for which I devoutly hope this is the last year we provide answers. THere's a cunning little button that will automagically fill in your tax return numbers in the FAFSA by direct link to the IRS. Unless, of course, there's any question about the verifiability of who you are and who your taxes are and so forth and so on.
I filled in the numbers manually in October. The financial aid office at The Kid's school alerts us that it is not, alas, complete, because they don't have the link to the IRS info and and and...
I foresee a good deal of time on the phone with the NCF Financial Aid office AND the IRS and possibly with FAFSA as well. It is, as they say, to weep.
Enter, some months later, the FAFSA (that's Financial Aid Federal Sucks Air out of the universe to you), for which I devoutly hope this is the last year we provide answers. THere's a cunning little button that will automagically fill in your tax return numbers in the FAFSA by direct link to the IRS. Unless, of course, there's any question about the verifiability of who you are and who your taxes are and so forth and so on.
I filled in the numbers manually in October. The financial aid office at The Kid's school alerts us that it is not, alas, complete, because they don't have the link to the IRS info and and and...
I foresee a good deal of time on the phone with the NCF Financial Aid office AND the IRS and possibly with FAFSA as well. It is, as they say, to weep.