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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I mailed my state tax return in the middle of January and the refund status still says they have no information. I called them on Feb. 15 and they said they were having trouble updating the status and that i should call back in 30 days.
Claire, I also mailed my return on Feb 1 and the status tool gives me the same message. You’re not the only one. I think the NYS tax office is going to take a long time getting caught up processing the returns so the info we see probably isn’t the most up to date/accurate. I agree that you should call the tax office first and see what they suggest. I’ve already decided that’s what I’m going to do if I continue to get the same message from the online status tool.
I mailed a paper return instead of efiling b/c I was able to prepare and efile my federal return for free, but I didn’t qualify for free state tax prep and e-file. Instead of paying the fee for state prep and file, I just did the return myself b/c it was simple enough. I think what I should have done was mailed my return by certified mail so I would get confirmation that it was received. I will know better next time.
I amm expecting a check for over payment I wants to know how long it going to take.
Filed 2 feb 13, recd federal refund still waiting for ny state. Trying to be patient but I have bills to pay. So much for efile being fast. Each year it seems to be getting slower and slower. First msg said it needed further review and to respond to correspondence if recd for about 3 weeks, then changed to say it is in final stage of processing which could take 2-4 wks, well 2 wks have passed. still no change. My patience is past…it is ridiculous, this is our money, not the states. I am beginning to think an individual had better change their deductions to pay as little tax as possible and then send it if you owe. If the states are broke it is time we quit paying the salaries of these deadbeat politicians!!!!
I sooo agree with you! I too e filed my state return Jan 25, its been received but has been in the “may need further review” status ever since. I have called 3 x, and they just tell me the same thing it says. Cannot even tell me why, if theres a problem, or what. Its very un nerving and annoying. They dont have the right to keep people just hanging with no word. They dont have the right to hold onto money that not theirs.
why does it take 6/8 weeks for the state to make a dd ? what kind of workers&computers are they using?