Find out when you should receive your 2012 New York state tax refund
Are you still waiting on a tax refund from New York state? You can check the status of your state refund online by using the Income Tax Refund Status tool on the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance website. If you prefer to use the phone you can also check the status of your refund by calling 518-457-5149.
These days you can expect your federal refund from the IRS in under twenty-one days. In some cases they are even fast enough to get your money out in a week. State operations are not quite so sophisticated.
New York says to expect your refund six to eight weeks after they receive your return. As with federal taxes, the fastest way to get your refund is by e-filing your return and then requesting your refund by direct deposit. Mailing your return in to the tax office and requesting a paper check will both slow down the refund process.
If you really want to know when you’ll get your refund the moment that information become available, you can sign up to receive an email from New York State as soon as they process your return. The message will include the amount of your refund, the expected payment date, and the payment method. In order to receive this email, you have to sign up through the online services.
The best advice I can give when it comes to tax refunds is just to be patient – this advice holds true for your federal taxes but it’s even more true at the state level. Government isn’t known as a model of efficiency. Checking your refund status twelve times a day isn’t going to get your money any faster, but it might make the state’s refund status tool crash.
Just as a reminder for all of you who haven’t filed yet, the deadline for filing your 2012 New York state tax return in April 15, 2013, the same as it is for your federal return. File your taxes with RapidTax now and you can take care of your state and federal return at the same time.
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barely can afford living in ny…was happy i actually qualified for $205 refund. as a non custodial parent i am required by ny state to mail my return…
this was never the case before why now?
anywho so yeah i actually filed federal in jan but it took forever to get a straight answer from hrblock online service which told me to keep check for the efile form to be made available…well it uh never was and i waa told bt their program that since i am a noncustodial parent i must mail my return…this after waiting for weeks of updates to supposedly have the form updloaded so i could efile…so on feb15 i mailed it away i am poor i could not afford postal confirmation….
i call ny state irs and got someone who claimed they did recieve it system shows no status i am saddened that in a time when politicians claim stimulus is helpful and give all these banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, and corporations billions in tax credits to the point where GE actually paid 0 tax but the refund i could supposed use to help spur the economy is not sent to me in a similar timely fashion as the previous 17 years. shame on you ny state my heart goes out to those who are needing these funds to help make short ends meet
I did my Taxes in Jan it is now going on the 3rd week in April and nothing. Several ppl i know that filed way after me recieved there state i need my money they give us a dead line April 15th we should give them a dead line for our money.. Its the same message
WE HAVE RECIEVED YOUR REFUND. IT REQUIRED FURTHER REVIEW, IF YOU RECIEVE CORRESPONDENCE FROM US PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
I want my money
I sent my paper refund in January and still dont have my refund i called and they said they excepted it 3/15/13 its been sitting on someone’s desk this long and now I have to wait 6 to 8 more weeks they suggested I e file which means pay and I refuse to give them any more of my money So they are making me pay for it by waiting UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I e-filed fed and mailed state. I got fed within two weeks. I mailed state first week of March and here we are MID APRIL and I still get the message that there are no records of my return. I was starting to panic and was going to resend it in the last possible day (the 15th) but now that I’ve seen this I’m going to relax a little. How crazy!!
I filed my taxes on the 16th of February. I then sent in my NY return because I moved out of state and for some reason Jackson Hewitt can’t electronically process it. I figured whatever, its only and extra couple of weeks right? No. Try two months! Honestly its a bit ridiculous. I’m tired of waiting for the money I earned.