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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Hi I mailed my new york state tax completed tax form IT 201 2012 on April 14,2012. I still have not receive my refund check .
I checked the income tax status refund tool. The response is they cannot locate.
Please assist me in this matter
Monique Derrick
Has anyone here recieved there refunds back earliar the the direct deposit date given
Thank you meme after reading the link my suspicions are confirmed in my case this is the legalese they use against me:
“However, it won ‘t pay interest on the portion of a refund that is attributed to the real property tax credit, earned income credit, child or dependent care credit, college tuition credit, farmer’s school tax credit or City of New York school tax credit.”
I fall into that category…I swear like blood from a stone…but the post is enlightening thanks…sadly interest is pegged at 2% i believe from reading that chart?
I could care less about interest myself I personally think our whole system is upside down…I don’t believe in usury I don’t find it to be christian…what bugs me is if the state gives one a timeframe they pretty much expect you to honor it…under penalty of privilege revocation or incarceration or freezing of funds…but if they don’t honor a timeframe they get away with the above sad really….
As I said about the interest if refunds are late…you should read this article and then check by calling NYS Taxiation to see if your refund will include interest because they are releasing the refund beyond 45 days. Cut and paste this into your browser for additional information: http://www.trustedprofessional.com/2013/03-march/ezine/stories/refunds.html
i would liken getting interest from ny state on this akin to receiving blood from a stone…
Yay Nicole I hope in your case this means the wait is almost over!
AngryGirl as someone who grew up in Manhattan and now resides in the beautiful Hudson valley area of NY NY isn’t all that bad but aye it is mucho expensivo especially if you are a student…and you hit the nail on the head terrible needless bureaucracy i saw an news cast recently about how many American students actually attend Canadian universities due to the high costs of American education…very troubling…also now to go too off topic of the thread but i am cringing on the Obama care fiasco i work for a small company which does not offer benefits so i am forced to take out a plan or pay a tax penalty i can see it now…i will supposedly have a subsidy to offset this new expenditure but when i call the health insurance company they will probably go “sorry sir we did not receive the tax credit as of yet” can you imagine? Hopefully they are giving the civil servants some doubletime pay to catch up we can only hope…
Nope these corrupt individuals are like mob. The only way to bring back the old America is Arm ourselves. 1000000 New Yorkers march on Albany Armed Side by side our National Guard brothers in arms then I think the Devils will be Humbled. Otherwise we will continue to be robbed.