1845-0046 CLRF_Form and Instructions 2023 renewal

Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee Report Instructions

Applicability: This Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee Report is used to report to the U.S. De­part­ment of Educa­tion (ED) the Federal Con­soli­dation Loan Interest Pay­ment Rebate Fee authorized by sub­section 428C(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. A servicer providing loan ser­vic­es to sev­eral dif­fer­ent lenders must submit a separate Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee Report for each lender that it ser­vices. Help on com­pleting this Con­sol­idation Loan Rebate Fee Report and on correcting or adjusting prior Reports can be obtained from ED by emailing [email protected]. NOTE: A lender holding one or more Federal Consolidation Loans at the end of the month must submit a payment for the Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee within 30 days of the end of the month for which the Fee is calculated.

Fee Calculation: The Federal Consolidation Loan Interest Payment Rebate Fee is calculated and paid monthly to ED. It is equal on a monthly basis to 0.0875 percent of the unpaid balance of principal and the accrued unpaid interest on all Fed­eral Consolidation Loans disbursed after October 1, 1993, and held by the lender on the last day of the month. (This is equal to an an­nual­ized rate of 1.05 percent.) Except for loans based on applications received during the period from October 1, 1998 through January 31, 1999, inclusive, for which the rebate is equal on a monthly basis to .05167 percent of the unpaid balance of principal and the accrued unpaid interest. (This is equal to an annualized rate of 0.62 percent.) Use the item-by-item instruct­ions in the fol­low­ing paragraphs to calculate the Fee and to complete the Consolida­tion Loan Rebate Fee Report.

1. Lender ID: Enter your six-digit lender identification number (LID).

2. Servicer ID: Enter your six-digit servicer identification number, if applicable.

3. Reporting Period: Enter the date of the last day of the month of the reporting period for which this Consolida­tion Loan Rebate Fee Re­port is being submitted. Enter the date in a "month/year" for­mat. Enter the month as two digits. Enter the year as four digits. For the purpose of the Consolida­tion Lo­an Rebate Fee Report, a month is always a calendar month, starting on the first of the month and ending on the last day (the 30th or 31st, except for February). A calendar month reporting cycle must be used for the Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee Report even if you use a different reporting cycle (e.g. from the 26th day of one month to the 25th day of the following month) for internal or other reporting purposes.

4. Applicable rate for Consolidation Loans Subject to the 1.05% fee: This field has been pre-filled for you.

5. Number of Loans: Enter the number of loans subject to the 1.05% fee used to calculate the Consolidation Lo­an Rebate Fee. To determine this number, review all Federal Consolidation Loans held by you at the end of the month­ and identify the loans that were dis­bursed on or after October 1, 1993, except for loans based on applications received during the period from October 1, 1998 through January 31, 1999, inclusive which are subject to the 0.62% fee. Include a loan even if you were not the orig­i­nating lender, you only pur­chased it at a later date. In­clude all loans eligible for insur­ance, even if an insurance claim has been filed, but not paid, as of close of busi­ness on the last day of the month.

6. End-of-Month Principal Balance: Enter the Principal Balance used to determine the Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee. For all Federal Consolidation Loans meet­ing the re­quire­ments in item 5, Number of Loans, determine the unpaid principal bal­ance at the end of the day on the last day of the month. Payments re­ceived from bor­rowers on the last day of the month should be credited prior to deter­mining the unpaid prin­cipal balance. Add the un­paid principal balances for all loans to determine the End-of-Month Principal Bal­ance. You may round this total to the nearest dollar if desired.

7. End-of-Month Accrued Unpaid Interest Balance: Enter the End-of-Month Accrued Unpaid Interest Balance used to determine the Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee. For each loan for which an End-of-Month Principal Balance (see item 6) was determined, determine its accrued unpaid interest bal­ance at the end of the day on the last day of the month. Payments re­ceived from bor­row­ers or ED on the last day of the month should be credited prior to determin­ing the accrued unpaid interest bal­ance. Add the accrued unpaid interest balances for all loans to determine the End-of-Month Accrued Unpaid Interest Balance. You may round this total to the nearest dollar if desired.

(Items 8 through 11 – Repeat the instructions for Items 4 through 7, as they apply to Consolidation loans based on applications received during the period from October 1, 1998, through January 31,1999, inclusive, which are subject to the 0.62% fee.)

12. Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee: The Fee Amount will calculate automatically for you as data is entered on the online form. To determine the amount of the Fee for the month, add the End-of-Month Principal Balance (see item 6) to the End-of-Month Ac­crued Interest Balance (see item 7). Multiply this sum by 0.0875 percent (that is, .0008750). To this amount, add the End-of-Month Principal Balance (see item 10) to the End-of-Month Accrued Interest Balance (see item 11) and then multiplied by .05167 percent (that is, .0005167). Round the resulting product to the nearest dollar if desired

Reporting Burden: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1845-0046. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, email [email protected].

Warning: Although the law does not explicitly state that this information be reported, such reporting is necessary to implement the required monthly payments of the Consolidation Loan Rebate Fee (CLRF). Failure to report would be the basis for the initiation of an action to limit, suspend or terminate the lender's participation in the Federal Family Education Loan Programs pursuant to 20 U.S.C. Sections 1080, 1082, 1085 and 1094. Also, any person who know­ing­ly and willfully destroys or conceals any record relating to the provision of assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or attempts to so destroy or conceal with intent to defraud the United States or to prevent the United States from enforcing any right obtained by subrogation under Part B of Title IV, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, under the provisions of 20 U.S.C. 1097.