As you complete your FAFSA you may be asked to provide your federal tax information or tax returns, including IRS W-2 information, for you and your spouse if you are married, and for your parents (if you are a dependent student). You may transfer your tax data directly to the FAFSA using Data Retrieval Tool, or request the Tax Return Transcript in PDF format directly from the IRS website at www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript, which becomes available Oct 1.
The website is fully secure and a warning notifies users of the federal penalties for fraud for any misuse of the system. You will need to create an account if you do not already have one and a security code will be sent to your provided email address which you will need to enter before proceeding to the secured site.