Financial Aid Resources
FAFSA
The United States Department of Education provides this Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA, as a service to students. Students complete this profile of their financial resources, and the information is used by schools to evaluate the means of students and offer them aid.
California Student Aid Commission
In addition to administering Cal Grants, the California Student Aid Commission works to make postsecondary education accessible to California students. To accomplish its mission, CSAC publishes several brochures and FAQs and organizes links to information on California colleges and universities on its website.
UCLA Financial Aid Office
The UCLA Financial Aid Offices provides assistance and counseling in completing applications for financial aid, evaluates student need, and makes offers of aid to students attending or planning to attend UCLA.
Tax Resources
The Internal Revenue Service
Students usually have to deal with the IRS when completing a federal income tax return around the middle of April each year. The IRS website contains PDF versions of all IRS publications. Students can download and use the forms availble on the IRS website as well as seek answers to common tax questions.
IRS Publication 970: Tax Benefits for Education
This PDF document from the IRS website contains information on declaring income from scholarships and fellowships and deducting educational expenses from taxable income. There are several credits available to independent students to alleviate their tax burdens.
California Franchise Tax Board
The California Franchise Tax Board is entrusted with the collection of revenue from income taxes in the state of California, and students generally deal with the Franchise Tax Board each year in April at the same time that they complete their federal income tax returns. Students usually must file an income tax return with the FTB in the same way that they file returns with the IRS. The site, much like the IRS site, contains links to publications, forms, and answers to common questions.
VITA at UCLA
VITA at UCLA is a non-profit, IRS-sponsored organization that provides tax return assistance for FREE to UCLA staff, undergraduate and graduate students. They help with BOTH Federal and California State income taxes and all their volunteers are IRS certified.
