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To allow time for data to be available from the IRS, applicants must wait the appropriate amount of time before being able to use the DDX on the FAFSA. The IRS has suggested the following, based on your tax filing method:

• Electronic tax filers: within 2 weeks of filing taxes
• Paper tax filers: within 6 to 8 weeks of filing taxes

If your FAFSA is selected for Federal Verification, the requirement for verifying your and your parents’ (if applicable) tax return information will be satisfied when you use the DDX on your FAFSA. Please note: if you make any updates to your FAFSA’s tax information once the DDX has been used, you will be required to support your changes to us by sending a Federal tax return transcript or a signed Federal 1040. We advise applicants and parents to contact the One Stop with any questions in regard to reporting changes in income instead of making changes to their FAFSA once the DDX has been used.

Please do not send us your tax transcripts or 1040 unless you have been selected for Federal Verification and are unable to use the DDX. Read more about the process at our Federal Verification page.

If you need to make a correction to your FAFSA:

1. Log into your  account by selecting “Log In.”
2. Select the “I am a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and want to access the FAFSA form” option.
3. Enter your FSA ID. 
4. Select “Make Corrections.”

Visit StudentAid.gov’s page to learn more about the kind of changes you can make to your FAFSA after it’s been processed.

Tax filers may submit a copy of the appropriate FAFSA year Federal Tax Return Form 1040 signed by the tax filer, including all applicable Schedules 1-3. We cannot accept state tax returns or the U.S. Individual Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing (Form 8453).

In lieu of the signed Federal 1040, tax filers can request the appropriate FAFSA year Tax Return Transcript, free of charge, from the IRS. The IRS regulations limit a tax filer to one request per year. We strongly advise you to send us a copy so you may keep your original. Miami is unable to return the transcript to you. Only use this method if you are unable to use the DDX or submit a signed Federal 1040. There are four ways to request an IRS Tax Return Transcript. Visit the  for more information.

If you have amended your tax return, you must submit your signed Federal 1040X, which will provide the updated information.

In the event that the IRS made changes to your tax return for you and a 1040X form was not completed, or you did not keep a copy, use the IRS Tax Return Transcript steps above to request an “Account Transcript.”