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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I am in the same boat. I paper filed 1/31 and it took over two months to even get a message on the NYS Refund website. Then when they finally did post something it gave me a number to call, only to find out that I was being audited!
Now I have been waiting for my husband’s to go through, which was sent out March 20th… and still no information.
I just can’t believe how long and ridiculous all of this is! I wouldn’t be stressing this if I didn’t need the money, but I do! And the fact that we have waited so long is just shameful.
I sent my forms in on February 1st, they were received a week later, now after 14 weeks of waiting I called and was informed I must wait another 6-8 more weeks for my check? Are they kidding me? Jesus, if they don’t have the personnel to review these forms and need to provide others with a job please let me know so I can take the next plane out to Albany and get a better paying job than the one I have here in NYC.
Can anyone tell me where I can get the telephone number to the finance and taxation department to speak to a live representative. Everytime I call it is voice automated and I cannot speak to anyone in regards to my taxes. Can someone please post the telephone number where I can speak to someone in person. I sent in my taxes on March 22 and I got the same message saying that my taxes are being reviewed. if someone could post the telephone number it would be appreciated.
Hi Kelly,
This list might be able to help you: http://www.tax.ny.gov/help/contact/telephone_info_ind.htm#OIRF.
where is my refund taxes it is more the month and didnt recived any information about you. Pliase where is my refund.
Just a quick correction – I should have said no record of “filing taxes”, not “paying” since they owe me. I imagine if I did owe that check would have been cashed January 28th!!!