IRS Data Retrieval Tool Offline Until Start of Next FAFSA Season, in Fall 2017

The US Department of Education and the IRS announce that the FAFSA’s Data Retrieval Tool will be unavailable until the next FAFSA season: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/announcements/irs-drt-unavailable

For current students who are trying to complete their FAFSAs, the announcement stated that “The income information needed to complete the FAFSA form can be found on a previously filed tax return. (Remember: Both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 FAFSA forms require your 2015 tax data.) If you don’t have a copy of your tax return, you may be able to access the tax software used to prepare the return or contact your tax preparer to obtain a copy. You also may visit irs.gov/transcript to view and download a summary (called a “transcript”) of your tax return or to request that a tax transcript be sent to you by mail.”