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- My message changed again I checked it yesterday it now states I will receive my refund by June 3rd. Im hoping its June and not July but at least theres a change and hopefully for all of us i will keep you posted…………………………………..
Hey guys looks like a lot of the 2/8 people who were past 90 days changed to the processing yesterday .
Kristi- I was waiting since the 2/16 so maybe mine will chnage over next week at least im hoping since yours was accepted the week before me… I had them put the inquiry in but I think thats bs im sure it doesnt even do anything . Im just really fed up at this point I dont know what the hold up all they say is there moving slower this year and im like why lol and the lady just repeated the same thing . I just find is completely ridiculous . My brother and sister both got theres in the end of february why was mine held up
nicole something funny that message flash very quickly while i did my daily check and then it did not return…i would actually take it as a good sign that this weekend they plan on uploading an update to the database…
you cannot sue these scoundrels i am afraid the courts are not our friends in these matters…
it is simply very frustrating….the main reason why being if i am late in paying the state i have seen what can happen ugh…
Bob, maybe we should all sue the state and see how they like that but im sure we cant do that either. Sorry but some people have family and children and need there return back ASAP not when the state wants toooooo………………………………………..