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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nicole……. ill keep you posted, at this point I dont expect it for awhile and everyday I get madder and madder its so wrong how they pick and choose people to get there refund and of course im last as usual. I hope you all have better luck than I do…. they did the same to me the last two years.
I also received the message that my taxes were under review. That the process will take two to four weeks. I just checked the online site again today and now it says that my refund is in the final stage of processing give two to four weeks. What does this mean exactly? Does it mean that the review is over and a check will be issued? I am sitting here very confused and frustrated. Please help;)
Kristi ……Im in the same boat as you but mine was filed on 2/16 so im a week behind . Last year i got it back the 3rd week in feb a week after my federal . Ive called numerous times and get no where they say there isnt anything I can do until after the 90 days . Just hoping that after the 90 days it doesn’t turn to another 30 more .
It is just amazing how the government operates. They take your money immediately, but they sure know to take their sweet in giving a refund. Something gotta give. I filed taxes paper file return in mid Feburary, here it is 10 weeks later and no clue on the refund. Who can I contact to see what is happening?
I emailed my return on Feb 8, I was informed they recd it but it would take 60 days blah blah blah then in april it swtched to 90 days. I have called numerous times and they tell me they have no info. I have info for this ridiculous State. First of all the money they spend on these ppl telling us nothing, could perhaps pay quite a few people there refunds. second, i would like to know when is the states dam deadline to pay us what rightfully belongs to us and if they cant pay our refunds on time maby they shouldnt spend it in the first place. Third the wonderful government doesnt care about any of us cause they dont have money problems like some of us do. Ttherefore they just put everyone off with no answers and some of us have one income and children and need there refund. Maby the spineless jelly fish should dig into there own pockets and refund our money already, or pay the interest they owe yeah right such bs.