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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Thanks Nicole, I will. I just got off the phone with an agent who claims it could be another 8 weeks or more… I don’t even have words to descibe my anger.. We are heading towards 4 months, and all they can say is they are backed up???? Is this the first year NY has had to issue refunds? What interest rate does NYS get for 4 months of holding Billions of other peoples money?? I guess they feel the economy is strong, and people don’t need their money in a timely fasion!
Bob- Call the nys tax advocate when its hit 4 months ….I will hit 90 days on the next wednesday so there is nothing i can do until then.
its now been 2 months since i mailed my tax returm can somebody tell if you even received and or where is my my money
Over 100 days (3+ months) that my return has been in their hands.. Website still says ,”No info avail”????? When I call they lie and say they have it and to call back in two weeks…. For what? Just send my refund!!! It’s NOT your money New York State!
It’s the wait that doesn’t end…it goes on and on my friends and since ny state is broke they delay delay delay what more else can I say…so we continue waiting although it doesn’t and as though we they owe no money the state goes on to pretend and it goes on and on my friends a dead beat state until our ends and if i owed a dime you know they would imprison us so very quick we see but if they owe a fee we have no reprieve the wait just goes on and on my friends and we’ll keep waiting till the end some folks sent their papers in jan thinking that they would get a nice check soon only to continue waiting in this state waiting for thier doom it just goes on and on my friends with the state waiting for an end…