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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Its been 12wks since I filed still no info on my return I work 4 nys @ if u owe them any kind of $$$ they will take it rite out of ur pay check immediatly but all of us have 2 wait mths 4 something that is owed 2 us totally wrg Mr.Cuomo I bet ur not waiting on ur return no I 4 got u live tax free on all of us tax payers in the mansion with all paid 4 we need a republican back in office the democracts kill everything just look @ Washington I want my $$$ @ I want it now
Anybody who sent papers in Mar, found their info on the website? I filed on 03/15 and system still says there is no information.
sometime back, I heard they started entering data for Mar submissions.
OMG, and here I thought I was the only one….
I mailed my return 4/08, received the federal refund in just about a month. Monday will be 11 weeks since I sent my NYS return. I can’t file electronically because I have a loan from a family member for which I don’t receive an automated 1098 form. I’ve checked the NYS site, and it says they have no information about my return; called the automated line — same story. I am so stressed out about this I can’t stand it, and clearly, from everyone else’s experience, I probably won’t see a penny before November, if then.
meme i gave up being dishonest many years ago it gets too complicated that is the god’ s honest truth what happened to me…i mean look i dont know if people here have ever had their bank accounts frozen or licenses suspended etc for late payment to ny state speaking as someone who has experiences such ickyness (over less money mind you and a shorter timeframe by far) this is just too too much…i learned my lesson there is no normal turn around time frame anymore time way roughly 2-4 weeks like clockwork this is just not the case in ny anymore…
i subsist on eggo waffles and popcorn at times it is pretty rough…my one friend says just do what everyone else does and hit up all the local pantries but i am too proud…i was really really hoping that i would have that loot sadly no reprieve reminds me of growing up in east river projects back then sugar water and cake frosting sandwhiches where my friend…
sadly the state has left me without even sugar what a mean machine this system
Sean – – this is a story that ought to be send to the Times. Really. OMG!!!