2024-2025 Parent non-tax filing and income verification

Select this option if your parents filed Married Filing Jointly (MFJ) for the 2022 tax year, and the spouse is the current one listed on the FAFSA.

Select Single\Divorced/Widowed if your parents filed MFJ and filed with someone other than the spouse listed on the FAFSA.

Select this option if your parents are currently married but filed Married Filing Separately (MFS) for the 2022 tax year. This includes if one spouse filed taxes and the other did not or if one spouse filed U.S. taxes and the other filed foreign taxes.

Select this option if your parent filed Single or Head of Household (HOH) for the 2022 tax year.

This will be treated as Married, filing separately, and therefore will require Parent 1 and Parent 2 information.

If your parent(s) lived in the U.S. the entire 2022 year, or if they partially lived in the U.S. for the year and earned U.S. income, they will select this option.

If your parent(s) did not live in the U.S. the entire 2022 year, they will select this option.

Request a 2022 Verification of Nonfiling Letter from the IRS. See instructions at the bottom of this page. To select this option, you must meet all of the following:

• Your parent(s) did not file a 2022 income tax return; and
• Your parent(s) were not required to file a 2022 income tax return; and
• Your parent(s) had no earnings or other income that supported them for the 2022 calendar year.

• Upload a copy of each of your parent's 2022 W-2 forms.
• A list of sources and the amounts of earnings, other income, and resources that supported your parent(s) in the 2022 calendar year.

Your parent(s) will need to upload a signed copy of their 2022 federal tax return when completing the form. They must include the first two pages, as well as all federal schedules (1, 2, and/or 3) of their 2022 federal tax return. The first two pages must be signed or contain the tax preparer EIN/PTIN.

To select this option, your parent(s) must meet all of the following:

• Your parent(s) did not file a 2022 foreign tax return; and
• Your parent(s) were not required to file a 2022 foreign tax return; and
• Your parent(s) had no earnings or other income that supported them for the 2022 calendar year.
• If your parent(s) lived outside the U.S. they will need to provide a Nonfiling Letter from the relevant tax authority, other than the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). See Residents of other foreign nations not mentioned above in the Guidance for foreign nontax filers section for more guidance.

• Upload a copy of each of your parent's foreign 2022 W-2 forms (or equivalent).
• A list of sources and the amounts of earnings, other income, and resources that supported your parent(s) in the 2022 calendar year.
• If your parent(s) lived outside the U.S. they will need to provide a Nonfiling Letter from the relevant tax authority, other than the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). See Residents of other foreign nations not mentioned above in the Guidance for foreign nontax filers section for more guidance.

• Request a 2022 Foreign Tax Return Transcript from your parent's foreign tax authority (or applicable years to cover income for the entire 2022 year).
• If your parent(s) are unable to obtain a free copy of their foreign tax transcript from your foreign tax authority, upload a signed copy of their 2022 foreign tax return (equivalent to the IRS 1040), along with a statement regarding the charge of a fee for the transcripts. See guidance for foreign tax filers below for more information.
• Make an English translation of the foreign tax document, to include the type of currency used on the document.

Your parent(s) can use one of the following methods to replace your 2022 W-2 forms.

• Request a replacement copy from the employer who issued the original.
• Your parent(s) can instantly retrieve a Wage and Income Transcript online at the IRS website by clicking the Get Transcript website button. The online tool requires the user to register before submitting a request. The user can only use this option if they have the following:
  • Access to a valid email address.
  • A Social Security number.
  • Your parent's filing status and address from the last-filed tax return.
  • A text-enabled mobile phone in the user's name (pay-as-you-go plans cannot be used).
  • Your parent's personal account number from one of the following: credit card, home mortgage loan, home equity line of credit or car loan.
    • During the registration process, the IRS will send the user a confirmation code via email and an authentication code via text. The IRS email and text will contain a one-time code that the user will use to finalize your registration. After a login has been created, continue by entering your parent's IRS username.
    • Select the reason the transcript is needed: Higher education or student aid.
    • Go to the wage and income transcript section and click the 2022 year to print your parent's transcript.
• You can get a 2022 Wage and Income Transcript to be mailed to you by visiting the IRS Get Transcript website and clicking Get transcript by mail button. Once requested, it will take seven to ten business days to receive by mail.
• Your parent(s) can request a 2022 Wage and Income Transcript from the IRS by printing and completing the IRS Form 4506-T from the IRS website. Please use the tips below to complete the 4506-T.
  • Your parent(s) would enter their 10-digit ASU ID number on line five (customer file number).
  • Check box eight (Form W-2).
  • On line nine, enter 12/31/2022.
  • Sign and submit the form to the IRS.
  • After the IRS processes the IRS Form 4506-T, the Wage and Income Transcript will be mailed to your parent(s) in seven to ten calendar days.

Your parent(s) may use one of the following methods to request their 2022 Tax Return Transcript. Before choosing the first option, please read the IRS user requirements to see if it is a viable option.

• Your parent(s) can instantly retrieve your TRT online at the IRS Get Transcript website by clicking the Get Transcript Online button. The online tool requires the user to register before submitting a request. The user must have the following:
  • Access to a valid email address.
  • A Social Security number.
  • Filing status and address from the last-filed tax return.
  • A text-enabled mobile phone in the user's name (pay-as-you-go plans cannot be used).
  • A personal account number from one of the following: credit card, home mortgage loan, home equity line of credit or car loan.

If the tax filer has a credit security freeze with Equifax, they must request a temporary freeze lift until they successfully register or the IRS will not be able to verify their identity. Your parent(s) will need to contact Equifax to resume the freeze unless they scheduled it to resume automatically. For more information, visit IRS Get Transcript FAQs.

• Your parent(s) can request a 2022 TRT be mailed to them by visiting the IRS Get Transcript website and clicking the Get Transcript by Mail button. Once requested, it will take seven to ten business days to receive by mail.
• Your parent(s) can call 1-800-908-9946 and use the IRS automated phone system to request their 2022 TRT be mailed to them. Once requested, it will take seven to ten business days to receive by mail.
• Print the IRS Form 4506T-EZ from the IRS website. Complete lines one through four and enter your 10-digit ASU ID number on line five (i.e., customer file number). Enter the tax year 2022 on line six. Then, sign and submit to the IRS. After the IRS processes the IRS Form 4506T-EZ, the TRT will be mailed to them in seven to ten business days.

ASU will compare your parent's date of marriage or divorce listed on the FAFSA to their tax filing status on your 2022 federal tax return (i.e., Single, Head of Household, Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately) to ensure no conflicting information exists.

If your parent's 2022 tax filing status conflicts with their marital status on December 31, 2022, they will need to provide ASU with documentation showing they used the proper tax filing status or they will have to amend your 2022 federal tax return with the IRS and submit a signed copy of their 2022 amended tax documents to ASU.

All federal student aid recipients are expected to comply with published tax laws.

The necessary documentation depends on the foreign country or U.S. territory or commonwealth of which your parent(s) are a citizen.

Residents of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands: Upload all of your parent's foreign W-2 forms (or equivalent) for each source of employment income received, and list all your parent's employers and amounts earned for 2022 in the eForm below.

Residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau or the Federated States of Micronesia: Upload all of your parent's 2022 Wage and Tax Statements from each employer, and list all your parent's employers and amounts earned for 2022 in the eForm below.

Residents of other foreign nations not mentioned above: Upload all of the following, along with English translations of the documents:

1. A copy of all your parent's foreign W-2 forms (or equivalent) for each source of employment income received.
2. A signed and dated letter that clearly states that your parent(s) did not and were not required to submit a 2022 tax return in their foreign country, and a list of the income sources/other income and amounts they received for 2022.
3. Documentation from the foreign tax authority confirming your parent(s) are a nontax filer (i.e., Verification of Nonfiling Letter)

*If the foreign tax authority does not provide confirmation of nonfiling, please have your parent(s) include that information in the signed and dated letter in step two, along with proof of the foreign taxing authority's filing requirements (i.e., copy of the foreign tax authority's website which states who is exempt from filing tax returns).

The necessary documentation depends on the foreign country or U.S. territory or commonwealth of which your parent(s) are a citizen. You must also attach an English translation of the document.

Residents of Puerto Rico: Upload your parent's signed 2022 Puerto Rican tax return (equivalent to the IRS 1040) into the eForm below.

Residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau or the Federated States of Micronesia: Upload copies of all your parent's 2022 Wage and Tax Statements from each employer, and identify all of your parent's income sources and amounts for 2022 in the eForm below.

Residents of American Samoa: Upload your parent's 2022 American Samoa tax transcript, which is free of charge from the American Samoa Tax Office, into the eForm below.

Residents of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands: Upload your parent's signed 2022 tax return from Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands (equivalent to the IRS 1040) into the eForm below.

Residents of other foreign nations not mentioned above: Upload your parent's 2022 foreign tax transcript* into the eForm below (or applicable years to cover income for all of 2022). A tax transcript is a document your parent(s) requests from the foreign tax authority (e.g., Canada Revenue Agency or Servicio de Administración Tributaria). It confirms the foreign income reported to the foreign tax authority.

*Per the U.S. Department of Education, only in situations where your parent(s) are unable to obtain a free copy of their foreign tax transcript from their foreign tax authority they can submit a signed copy of their foreign tax return (equivalent to the IRS 1040), along with proof that your parent's foreign tax authority charges a fee.

The TRDBV will be requested to verify the 2022 federal tax information for victims of IRS-related identity theft who are selected for verification. Your parent(s) may no longer have their 2022 federal tax return and cannot obtain a 2022 Tax Return Transcript from the IRS or use the FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange (FA-DDX) on the [academic year] FAFSA on the web.

1. The victim of the IRS tax-related identity theft can call the Identity Protection Specialized Unit toll free number at 1-800-908-4490.
2. After IPSU authenticates the tax filer's identity, your parent(s) can request that the IRS mail them an alternate paper tax return transcript, known as the Transcript Database View.
3. Once the TRDBV is received, submit a copy to ASU along with the required signed and dated letter.