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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Here in the same boat. I filed right at April 15 electronically and mailed paper returns. I received federal return in beginning of July. Today after checking the NYS web site, I now have the message they will need 90 more days to review and to respond back to any correspondence ( I had the message that the return was received and was under review).
I think NYS is a JOKE, and so is SUPER MARIO! NYS IS GOING BK…….
I re-done my 2012 State tax using a nonresident formIT203 A and have not heard from the state since the last four of my ss # is 1594 this was re-done somewhere in may or june 2013. Thanks for any information egarding this.
I went on your web site and called the telephone hotline and in both instances I was told that my refund could take up to 90 days. I filled on 4/13/13 and as of today it has been approximately 114 days. The last four digits of my SS# is 1205. I’d apprrciate any assistance or information you can provide to me. Thank you for your time.
I’m on 7 months….called and they said it could be up to 90 more days, I’m furious! W2 was submitted in June and received in early July. I will call my local NYS Senator that represents my district and file a complaint and see if some action is taken!
I read the article that you posted about the new contractors that process our state refunds, but that applies to those filed by paper! What about the rest of the people that filed electronically and are still waiting for theirs? Its been 8 wks since I filed and still havnt received mines yet plus I opted for direct deposit just for security purposes. When I check the status it just says ‘its in initial stage of processing and it takes up to 4 wks.” I’m gonna wait another 2wks before I check the status again, but if I dnt receive anythng by Sept, the latest, then sumting is wrong!