Federal Verification is a review process required by the U.S. Department of Education for selected FAFSA filers. The college is required to verify the accuracy of the information provided on the FAFSA and selection vary based on specific reasons, which may include random selection or specific income, and or incomplete questions.
Your federal Student Aid Report (SAR) will indicate if your FAFSA application has been selected for this process. Our office will notify selected students of the required documents needed to complete the verification process.
Financial aid awards are based on the information provided on the FAFSA, if information changes as a result of the verification process, aid will be impacted. Federal aid cannot be disbursed to your account until the verification process has been completed. It is essential to complete the verification process in a timely fashion to ensure that financial aid is credited to your student account by the payment due date.
Important Reminder:
Federal verification for the 2024-2025 academic year requires 2022 federal income tax information. The FAFSA application requires for all contributors to utilize the Future Act Direct Data Exchange tool directly through the FAFSA process to transmit income data directly from the IRS when available.
Documentation Submission Deadlines:
Fall Admits: November 15th , 2024
Spring Admits: February 1, 2025
Verification Required Documentation:
Submit a Federal Verification Worksheet to our office. Make sure you are submitting the worksheet for the corresponding dependency status on the FAFSA.
Verify 2022 income, directly through the FAFSA. Applicants and contributors will be required to provide consent and approval to retrieve FTI (federal tax information) directly from the IRS through the Future Act Direct Data Exchange (FA-DDX). FIT or federal tax information is considered verified and no additional tax documentation maybe required.
However, if the FA-DDX is not an available option, parents and/ student will need to provide copies of their 2022 federal tax return (s).
Verify 2022 Wages by submitting copies of all Federal W2s to our office for both student and parents (if earned wages).
Additional Verification Selections:
You may also be asked to verify asset information reported on the FAFSA application. If an Asset form is requested, please complete and submit the form below:
Independent Students (Student Spouse) and Parents of Dependent Students: Non-tax filers must provide a signed and dated statement certifying that the parent/student/spouse did not filed and is not required to file a 2022 income tax return, as well as list all the sources of 2022 income earned from work and the amount of income from each source. Provide copies of all W2 forms for each source of 2022 employment income received or an equivalent document.
Dependent Students: Non-tax filers must indicate on the verification worksheet they were not required to file a tax return and provide supporting W-2s and/or 1099s for any income earned in 2022.
IRS Tax Return Transcript Request through IRS Department:
Return Transcripts can be ordered online, by mail, or by phone.
Get Transcript ONLINE or by MAIL: Go to www.irs.gov. Select “Get your tax record”. Select “Get your tax record”. You can either select “Sign in to your account,” or “Get Transcript by mail.” Be sure to request Tax RETURN Transcript.
Automated Telephone Request: Call 1-800-908-9946 and follow the menu prompts. Indicate your home address as the mailing address. Transcripts generally arrive in 10 business days.
Paper Request Form: Complete either IRS 4506T-EZ or IRS 4506T. Indicate your home address as the mailing address. Transcripts generally arrive in 10 business days.
How do I submit my documents?
Please click on the link below to use the secure CSS Document Dropbox. Before uploading our documents, make sure the student’s full name and MMC Id are included on the document. Do not fax or email personal documents. This is insecure and puts your personal information at risk.
Or send by mail to: Marymount Manhattan College Center for Student Services 221 East 71st Street New York, NY 10021
Verification of Income for Individuals with Unusual Circumstances
If you filed an amended tax return you must provide our office with the following:
An IRS Tax Return Transcript that includes information from the original tax return OR any other IRS tax transcript(s) that includes all income and tax information from the original tax return required for verification
An ink signed of IRS Form 1040X “Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return,” that was filed with the IRS.
A tax filer who is required to file a 2022 IRS income tax return and has been granted a filing extension by the IRS, beyond the automatic six-month extension for tax year 2022, must provide our office with the following:
A signed statement listing the sources of any 2022 income and the amount of income from each source
A copy of the IRS’s approval of an extension beyond the automatic six-month extension for tax year 2022 (form 4868)
A copy of IRS Form W-2 for each source of 2022 employment income received or an equivalent document
If self-employed, a signed statement must indicate the amount of estimated AGI and U.S. income tax paid for tax year 2022
An individual who was the victim of IRS tax-related identity theft must complete the following steps:
Contact the IRS at 1-800-908-4490.
Upon authentication of the tax filer’s identity, the IRS will provide, by U.S. Postal Service, an alternate transcript Tax Return Data Base View (TRDBV) of the tax filer’s IRS income tax return information.
Provide a statement, signed and dated by the tax filer, indicating that he/she was a victim of IRS tax-related identity theft and that the IRS has been made aware of the tax-related identity theft.
You may be required to complete a Statement of Educational Purpose as part of the Federal Verification process. If you are unable to come to our office in person with an unexpired valid government-issued photo identification, you may complete this Statement of Educational Purpose in the presence of a notary public.
The original notarized statement and a copy of the identification acknowledged by the notary public will need to be submitted to our office by mail or in person.
A tax filer who filed an income tax return with Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands may provide a signed copy of his or her income tax return that was filed with the relevant tax authority. However, if we question the accuracy of the information on the signed copy of the income tax return, the tax filer must provide us with a copy of the tax account information issued by the relevant tax authority before verification can be completed.
A tax filer who filed an income tax return with tax authority for American Samoa must provide a copy of his or her tax account information.
A tax filer who filed an income tax return with tax authorities not mentioned above, (i.e. a foreign tax authority, and who indicates that he or she is unable to obtain the tax account information free of charge), must provide our office with documentation that the tax authority charges a fee to obtain that information, along with a translated, signed copy of their income tax return that was filed with the relevant tax authority, converted to US Dollars.
Verification Frequently Asked Questions
There are several reasons for being selected for verification. The following are the most common:
The FAFSA application has incomplete data
The data on the FAFSA application appears to be discrepant
The FAFSA application contains estimated or assumed information
Your answers to questions on the FAFSA form determine whether you are considered a dependent or independent student.
Not living with parents or not being claimed by them on tax forms does not make you an independent student for purposes of applying for federal student aid.
After you turn in all required documents, the Financial Aid Office will compare them with your FAFSA. If errors are found, corrections will be made. This can result in a change to your financial aid awarded. If this happens, we will send you a revised award letter showing the changes. Please note you can monitor changes in your status by accessing your MMC Connect account.
Federal regulation and MMC policy prohibit the disbursement of certain financial aid prior to the completion of the verification process. This can include, but is not limited to:
Federal Pell Grant
Federal SEOG Grant
Federal Work-Study
Federal Direct Subsidized Loan
MMC Grants
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan
Direct Parent PLUS loan
If the process is not completed in a timely manner, you will have a large remaining balance with the College. Marymount Manhattan’s policy does not allow students with outstanding tuition bills to register for the following semester.