{"id":10058,"date":"2020-05-28T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=10058"},"modified":"2020-05-28T23:11:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T03:11:03","slug":"signing-your-federal-tax-return-1040","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/financial-aid\/forms\/signing-your-federal-tax-return-1040\/","title":{"rendered":"Signing your Federal Tax Return 1040"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">If you are unable to utilize <strong>IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) from FAFSA<\/strong> or <strong>request a copy of your IRS Tax Return Transcript<\/strong>, you (student and\/or parent) will be required to print and sign your federal tax return.&nbsp; You will need to have access to a printer in order to print your federal tax return and provide the appropriate signature.<\/p>\n<h4>To qualify as a \u2018signed tax return\u2019 the document&nbsp;must either:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Be&nbsp;<strong>signed&nbsp;<\/strong>by at least one of the tax filers. 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