2023-2024 Forms

Due to Federal Privacy Regulations regarding email and the protection of your personal information, we urge you to send documents to our secure fax at 252-328-4347 or mail documents to the Office of Student Financial Aid, Mail Stop 510, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. For materials that may contain a social security number, please cover or remove all but the last four digits. For materials with a date of birth, please cover or remove the year.

Federal Verification

Students and parents should ONLY submit documentation that has been requested.

What is an IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter?

An IRS Verification of Non-Filing letter provides proof that the IRS has no record of a filed Form 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ for the year requested.

For the 2023-2024 academic year, non-tax filers selected for verification are required to submit a 2021 IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter to their school’s financial aid office.

Non Tax filers can request an IRS Verification of Non-Filing of their 2021 tax return status, free of charge, from the IRS by completing IRS Form 4506-T (PDF). Mail or fax the completed IRS Form 4506-T to the address (or fax number) provided on page 2 of Form 4506-T. Please do not mail, email, and/or fax IRS Form 4506-T to our office.

An IRS Verification of Non-filing Letter can also be obtained via the IRS Get Transcript Online tool.

How to Request IRS Verification of Non-filing Letter:

  • Complete lines 1-4, following instructions on page 2 of the form.
  • Line 3: Enter the non-filer’s street address and zip code or postal code. Use the address currently on file with the IRS.
  • Line 5: Provides non-filers with the option to have their IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter mailed directly to a third party by the IRS. Do not have your IRS Verification of Non-Filing letter sent directly to ECU.
  • Line 7: Select the checkbox on the right-hand side for Verification of Non-Filing.
  • Line 9: Year or period requested field, enter “12/31/2021”.
  • The non-filer must sign and date the form and enter their telephone number. Only one signature is required when requesting a joint IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter.
  • Mail or fax the completed IRS Form 4506-T to the address (or fax number) provided on page 2 of Form 4506-T. Please do not mail, email and/or fax IRS Form 4506-T to our office.
  • If the 4506-T information is successfully validated, tax filers can expect to receive a paper IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter at the address provided on their request within 5 to 10 days.
  • Submit the IRS Verification of Non-Filing Letter to ECU. Make sure to include the student’s name and Banner ID on the IRS Verification of Non-Filing letter.

If you are unable to obtain the Verification of Non-Filing Letter from the IRS due to the government shutdown, you may complete our Verification of Non-Filing Form (PDF) and submit via secure fax to 252-328-4347 or mail to Office of Student Financial Aid, MS510, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858.

External Payments

Federal Direct PLUS Loan

All students and families requesting the Federal Direct PLUS Loan must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the current academic year. You may begin submitting your electronic application online beginning May 1, 2023.

Federal Direct Stafford Loan

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Second Degree

Special Circumstances

Study Abroad

Private Education Loan

IRS Warning: The IRS reminds taxpayers it does not send unsolicited emails to the public, nor would it email a sensitive document such as a tax transcript, which is a summary of a tax return. The IRS urges taxpayers not to open the email or the attachment. If using a personal computer, delete or forward the scam email to phishing@irs.gov.

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