All applicants will be asked if the information on their IRS return reflects the current number in their household.

Full implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act will be completed in the 2024-2025 award year. Behind the scenes, administrators are tackling form and policy rollouts as part of the effort to make the FAFSA easier to complete.

Parent support information will be different for the 2024-2025 award year. So will defining household size.

Elimination of the save key and the addition of consent to transfer income data are among changes to the FAFSA form for 2024-2025.

Student applicants for federal aid will no longer retrieve and upload income data for the FAFSA in 2024-2025, when the IRS will directly transfer the information.

The latest requirements to help simplify the FAFSA affect Cost of Attendance and Professional Judgment. By Rick Cox The Department of Education has issued a Dear Colleague Letter on the requirements from the FAFSA Simplification Act that will be implemented for the 2023-2024 award year. Please see below for a