Through the Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) colleges and programs ask the College Board to collect tax and other related documents from students and their families. The financial aid office uses these documents to validate information from the students' financial aid applications (CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® (PROFILE) and/or Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)) and to better understand their families' financial circumstances. The College Board notifies students selected by participating institutions that they must submit the required documents.
The notification identifies the college(s) for which the documents are being collected, as well as the deadline for submitting the documents to the College Board based on the deadline(s) specified by the student's college(s).
Once the College Board receives the information, electronic documents are made available to the participating college(s) requesting the information.
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