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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Im registered for the online service and have had no alerts at all ….the only way it shows anything is when i go under the basic check your refund status which says its under for review which can take up to 90 days which I have already passed the 90 days . Now i have to wait another 30 day for the inquiry before I can call them if I still dont get my refund
Paper filed on 05/15. There is no information yet in the system.
I called them today one more time. I was told they have delays for 3 months or more; and since this is the first time I have filed taxes NY state, it might take more time 🙁
I have also registered for e-mail notification. Any idea if those alerts works? Did anyone get alerts when their return is entered into the system or completes processing and refund is issued?
Jennifer – did you efile and what date were you accepted or did you mail yours in ?
Hello All,
Just wanted to let you all know that I finally got my refund after a little over 90 days. I believe that they are starting to process all of the refunds and all of you guys who were waiting for so long will finally get it. This has been pretty stressful and will finally be over. If they go over 45 days after the due date or date submitted whichever is later, they will have to pay interest.
Hang in tight and this will be over soon.
Dwan meant accepted 2/16