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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this morning i woke up to “We received your return and it’s in the final stage of processing. While most returns are completed within 2 weeks, it may take up to 4 weeks.” which is promising…i am going to patiently wait…as i have been…what kills me is have the simplest return one w2 nothing fancy going on when i saw i had to wait for review i am just like really? 2weeks sounds good though…makes ya wonder if that was a human or a machine that changed my status…
lets watch…
Sean- Have you called them i was accepted on 2/16 and finally changed over form the 90 day message to the 2-4 weeks finall processing on 5/30…..maybe they just inputed the wrong message for you. i would call them and also fax over the form to the tax advocate because it been 4 months they may be able to speed it up for you
Filed 2/13 , still have 90 day message. I have tried calling the 518 number , always busy. I had beetter have interest taxed on to what they owe me.
did anyone has “you check is schedule to be mail on (may 13) and havent recived yet,cause thats my case,.What to do in this case if the phone that appears on the site is automated?
i actually had a change in status but now i weep for it appears i am being audited…i have no clue now says
“We received your return and it required further review. While most returns are reviewed within 4 weeks, it may take up to 6 weeks to complete our review.”
lol this is since 02/15 oh well looks like maybe mid july for me niiiice
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