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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@ Liz – the previous message just said that they had no information on my return at all. It now says it’s in the final stages of processing, so hopefully we have it within the next 2-3 weeks (via direct deposit).
Filed jointly on 4/8 and was received by NYState on 4/11. Have just received the message refund is being processed and could take additional 2-4 weeks for completion. Does anyone know if that’s accurate or even truthful? Any info would be appreciated…
I e-filed my tax return and now am required by the state to send in my w2s and they state in the letter it could take up to 90 more days for my refund. I filed April 14 2013.
NY state received my return in march . had to call state senator to get action, received refund July 23 2013! called tax office after 15 weeks was told it would take another 8 weeks!! Call your senator and complain it works.
This is ridiculous and frustrating. I sent in my tax form at the end of March and still no refund. When I check the online status, it states there’s no info…! My accountant has called three times on three different occasions to the NYS DOT and each time they tell him it will be another three weeks. I’m relieved to know that others are experiencing the same delays but this is horrendous for all of us. Not to mention unfair. I guess it’s better to owe than to wait around for a refund because they deposit checks made out to them within 3 business days.