Talk to the financial aid counselor. Students go through this all the time. One girl where I work now went through it last year. They were able to get the information she needed. On a side note, most people keep a file of their tax records somewhere, and usually just filed away in a box or on a random file on the computer. You really only need tax information and ssn's ( which are usually on the tax forms.) They have no right to do this to you.