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2001 EXIT HANDBOOK

ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DEFERMENT
WORKSHEET A

Use this worksheet to determine if you are eligible for an economic hardship deferment based on condition (5) in Section 2 of the Economic Hardship Deferment Request form. Completion of this worksheet is optional – if you check condition (5)‚ your loan holder will determine your eligibility based on the income and federal education debt documentation that you provide.

DO NOT RETURN THIS WORKSHEET WITH THE DEFERMENT REQUEST – KEEP IT FOR YOUR RECORDS.

STEP 1

Are you working full–time?

__ Yes

You do not qualify for an economic hardship deferment based on condition (5). Do not continue with this worksheet.

__ No

Go to Step 2

STEP 2

(1) Line 1. Enter the amount listed below for your state: $

(2) Line 2. $ 1‚785.32

(3) Line 3. Enter the larger of Line 1 or Line 2: $

(4) Line 4. Enter your TOTAL MONTHLY GROSS INCOME: $

(5) Is the amount on Line 4 larger than the amount on Line 3?

__ Yes

You do not qualify for an economic hardship deferment based on condition (5). Do not continue with this worksheet.

__ No

Go to Step 3.

Amounts for Line 1‚ above:
$1‚875.00 (if you live in any state or the District of Columbia‚ except Alaska or Hawaii).
$2‚343.34 (if you live in Alaska).
$2‚155.00 (if you live in Hawaii).

NOTE: If you are not currently living in the United States‚ use the amount for your last state of residence in the United States.

Step 3

Determine the total amount you borrowed in federal education loans that are now in repayment by adding together the amounts owed for the federal education loans listed below. You may include defaulted loans only if you have made satisfactory repayment arrangements with the holder of the loans.

Loan Type

Total Amount You Owed When Your Loans Entered Repayment

Federal Stafford Loans (subsidized and unsubsidized)

Federal Perkins Loans and/or National Direct Student Loans

Direct Subsidized and Direct Unsubsidized Loans

$

Federal PLUS Loans

+$

Federal SLS Loans

+$

Federal SLS Loans

+$

Direct Consolidation Federal SLS Loans Loans

+$

Federal Perkins Loans and/or National Direct Student Loans

+$

TOTAL AMOUNT BORROWED:

= $

STEP 4

(1) Circle the current interest rate for your FEEL Program loan(s) in the chart below. If your exact interest rate is not listed‚ choose the next highest interest rate. If you have loans with different interest rates‚ circle the rate for the loan with the highest interest rate.

Interest Rate

7.0¡

7.25¡

7.43¡

7.5¡

7.75%

8.0¡

8.25%

8.381

8.5%

8.75%

9.0%

Constant Multiplier

.0116108

.0117401

.0118337

.0118702

0120011

.0121328

.0122653

.0123345

.0123986

.0125237

.0126676

(2) Multiply the TOTAL AMOUNT BORROWED from Step 3 by the constant multiplier listed directly below the interest rate that you circled in the chart above:

TOTAL AMOUNT BORROWED

Constant multiplier

ESTIMATED MONTHLY PAYMENT’

$

X

=

$

This is an estimate of the amount that you would pay each month on your federal education loans if all of your loans were scheduled to be repaid in fixed installments over a i0–year period‚ regardless of the actual repayment period for your loans.

STEP 5

(1)

Line 1. Enter your TOTAL MONTHLY GROSS INCOME (from Step 2):

$

(2)

Line 2. Enter your ESTIMATED MONTHLY PAYMENT (from Step 4):

$

(3)

Line 3. Subtract Line 2 from Line 1:

$

(4)

Line 4. Enter the amount listed below for your state:

$

(5)

Line 5.

$ 892.66

(6)

Line 6. Enter the larger of Line 4 or Line 5:

$

(7)

Line 7. Enter the amount from Line 3:

$

(8)

Is the amount on Line 7 larger than the amount on Line 6?

 

 

O Yes

You do not qualify for an economic hardship deferment based on condition (5).

O No

You meet the qualifications for an economic hardship deferment based on condition (5). Check the box for condition (5) in Section 2 of the deferment request.

Amounts for Line 4‚ above:


$ 937.50 (if you live in any state or the District of Columbia‚ except Alaska or Hawaii).

$1‚171.67 (if you live in Alaska).

$1‚077.50 (if you live in Hawaii).

NOTE: If you are not currently living in the United States‚ use the amount for your last state of residence in the United States.

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