<p>I am waiting for the IRS to process my taxes so that I can update FAFSA using the retrieval tool. If my son’s school also requires IDOC documents, is there any point in waiting for the IRS? If I am submitting copies of our tax return to the college, does it matter if we are selected for verification?</p>
<p>IDOC is very different from the FAFSA retieval tool. Go to the College Board site right away and click on IDOC. It has you mail in a bunch of forms related to your tax return, such as signed copies of returns, W-2’s, 1099’s etc., to the College Board Office.
You can find out if your return has been accepted by going to “Where’s My Refund?” on the IRS website. But it takes a good two weeks before you can use the data retrieval tool. I sent our IDOC stuff in before the retrieval tool worked for me on Fafsa. Ours were due March 1st so you need to hurry.
Best of luck to you.</p>