Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
for University of Wisconsin Campuses
FTP File Layout Specifications for 1098-E Information
Each University of Wisconsin institution is required to provide the UW Processing Center with a file, via ftp, that contains one record for every student who paid interest on student loans during the calendar year 2007. The file will contain the following information in the following format. Please note that this file is a fixed length format.
Position |
Field Description |
Field Type |
Field Length |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Campus Identifier. (See Appendix A for valid codes.) |
Character |
1 |
2 to 10 |
Student's Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number {Note: Starting in tax year 2003, institutions must make a reasonable effort in obtaining a SSN from every enrolled student.} |
Numeric, but with leading zeroes |
9 |
11 to 50 |
Student's Name in the form: Last First MI (Please see Appendix D for the valid naming convention.) |
Character |
40 |
51 |
Foreign address indicator. (Y if foreign, otherwise N.) |
1 |
|
52 to 91 |
Student's Street Address. |
Character |
40 |
92 to 131 |
Student's City |
Character |
40 |
132 to 133 |
Student's State or Country Code. Use either the state code if the student's address is in the United States. Otherwise, use the country code. |
Character |
2 |
134 to 142 |
Student's Zip Code |
Character |
9 |
143 to 182 |
Account Number. This is an optional field, which can contain any information that may be useful in answering questions about the form. This will be printed on the form, but not sent to the IRS. |
Character |
40 |
183 to 194 |
Interest Paid. The amount is in cents, with leading zeroes. Do not use any punctuation. No commas, decimal points, nor dollar signs. If the amount is negative, place a minus sign in position 183. |
Numeric |
12 |
| 195 to 264 | Student's e-mail address | Character | 70 |