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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ah nicole you are the nicest person you as well Meme i sure hope so…milk and cereal here i come!
Sean- just got another update that i will have a direct deposit in my account on 6/10 …so its looks like its took about 4 business days from when i got final processing to change to a dd date
I have been waiting for my state check since March they sent me a form and twice I have mailed it to the irs they say they didnt receive the 1st one and the secound form still they havent received! This is some real bull!!!!!
The man power up in Albany is little to few (whatever that is) people. Though NYState has one of the sophisticated processing in the country, because of shortened work hours, they lagging big time in paper process and still claims manual labor is not the problem…errors is. Here’s what’s up…if you filed by E…you probably got one of two things 1) your refund or 2) a letter saying you have errors. If there are any errors, whatsoever, your paperwork goes to the bottom of the stack (8 weeks) or more until resolved. That electricronic “refund status” crap is just that…crap….a human actual have to click something on their computer when they have reviewed your refund process is completed and a machine will click when your refunds goes out the door. None of it is done in alphabetical order.
Sean – Good luck this part is suppose to move fast from what ive seen lol i let you know if i get a dd date soon