… 2023. In the meantime, here are a few things we do know about the revised FAFSA rules for 2023. NEW FAFSA with Direct Data A December open date In the past, the FAFSA form has opened on October 1 of your student’s senior year in high school. … income tax return. You don’t have to go hunting for your past returns anymore. You just need to give your consent for the transfer of data. You must create a login This interface between the simplified FAFSA and the Internal Revenue Service means … give your consent and create an FSA ID, if you don’t already have one. Basically, it’s a username and password. FSA will then verify your information, and you can log in. Because there's security involved, there will be multi-factor verification …