After submitting your FAFSA you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR), which is a summary of the data you provided on the FAFSA. Your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) has been calculated and this number determines the amount and types of aid you may receive. Review the SAR and correct any errors you notice by logging back into your account.
If you are selected for verification, you will need to submit additional information to the University of North Georgia (UNG) Financial Aid Office for review. An email from our office will outline your next steps. To expedite processing, requested documentation or related materials will be due within 10 business days of notification. Failure to submit requested documentation within this timeframe will delay processing of your award.
If you used the Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool (IRS DRT) when filling out your FAFSA and you have not changed any of the information retrieved, you will not have to verify that information. If you did not use the IRS DRT and you are selected for verification, log back in to see if you are eligible to use the IRS DRT to import the IRS data into your FAFSA. If not, you will need to order a tax transcript as part of the verification process. You can find your tax transcript through the IRS’s Get Transcript service.
The 2020-21 FAFSA uses 2018 Tax Information. Using DRT speeds up the verification process!
If you are ineligible to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool or do not choose to use it, you may also submit a Tax RETURN Transcript.
There are four options for obtaining a Tax RETURN Transcript.
- You can get your free transcripts immediately online.
- You can also get them by phone.
- Call 1-800-908-9946 and follow the prompts.
- You can get them by using the mobile app.
- You can receive transcripts by mail or by fax (within five to 10 days from the time IRS receives your request).
PLEASE NOTE:
The IRS recently implemented new security features that redact (remove) a significant amount of personally identifying information from all of their documents. While these added security features protect your personal information and identity, it makes our job more difficult. As such, when submitting any documents from the IRS (tax return transcripts, wage and earnings statements, etc.) to our office, we ask that you list the student’s full name and Banner ID in the top right corner of the document. Failure to provide this information will increase processing time and may prevent us from processing your document entirely. Additionally, when ordering Tax Return Transcripts, please have them sent to you, NOT UNG, so that you can add the student’s name and Banner ID to the transcript before submitting it to our office.