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Question: Is the paid preparer's signature good enough on a copy of a tax return forl, asked by the financial aid?

(Posted by: on 2010-08-11 18:24:51)

My college is asking to fill out a verification sheet and it's asking me to attach a copy of a signed tax return of my parents. I found a copy but it only has the signature of the paid preparer. Will that be okay?

Posted by: garyg7 on 2010-08-11, 19:01:04

Without your parents' signatures, the tax return is just a pile of papers to the financial aid office. Get your parents to sign the copy and give that to them. Try to keep a copy of everything you give the office in case they lose something or say that you skipped a question. I hope this helps. Gary

Posted by: roderick_young on 2010-08-11, 18:26:54

It's not legal unless your parents signed it, too. Financial aid is scarce, and they look for any reason to reject you, so I suggest you get your parents to sign the copy, then make another copy of that to send in.

Posted by: Bostonian In MO on 2010-08-11, 18:45:05

The taxpayers have to sign it. If it's your tax return you must sign it. If it's your parents' joint return they must both sign it.

Posted by: rodney on 2010-08-11, 18:54:21

Your tax return isn't legal until all parties have signed it unless a POA is involved. when I give a copy of a tax return I sign it and ask for that person to sign it also.