Section 19557 Of Article 2. Disclosure Of Information From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
California Student Aid Commission may annually inform the Franchise
Tax Board of the names and social security numbers of the following
persons who have, as part of the Student Aid Application for
California, signed an authorization in a form and manner mutually
agreeable to the Franchise Tax Board and the California Student Aid
Commission for the release by the Franchise Tax Board of tax
information to the California Student Aid Commission:
(1) All applicants for, or recipients of, student financial aid.
(2) Parents of dependent applicants for, or recipients of, student
financial aid.
(3) Spouses of applicants for, or recipients of, student financial
aid.
(b) The California Student Aid Commission shall submit the names
and social security numbers as authorized in subdivision (a) in the
form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) Upon receipt of this information, the Franchise Tax Board may
provide the California Student Aid Commission, from state tax returns
of individuals described in subdivision (a), their California
adjusted gross income and the California income adjustments as are
necessary to calculate their federal adjusted gross income, or any
other information from their state tax return, that can be provided
by the Franchise Tax Board through its automated process, that the
California Student Aid Commission needs to administer the program for
which the authorization was given.
(d) All versions of the Student Aid Application for California
shall include the authorization described in subdivision (a). The
Franchise Tax Board may from time to time audit these authorizations.
All processors of the Student Aid Application for California shall
provide the Franchise Tax Board with access to any records necessary
for completing these audits. The Franchise Tax Board shall report all
audit findings to the California Student Aid Commission.
(e) Any unwarranted disclosure or use of the tax information
described in subdivision (c) by the California Student Aid
Commission, or its employees and officers thereof, is a misdemeanor
as provided in Section 19552.