From Nextgov: Education, IRS try to make filing student aid form less daunting

The Education Department plans to allow certain students applying for aid to instantly transfer their tax data from an IRS database to the Web version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

In hopes of boosting college enrollment, the Education Department and the Internal Revenue Service plan to deploy a technical workaround to alleviate headaches for students filling out one of the most complex government forms: the application for federal student aid.

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