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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Rita- glad yours is being processed, unfortunately mine still says they have no record. Hope that changes within the next few days!
I filed my taxes on the first week of February, i got my Federal tax refund back two weeks later. Now i have checked the NYS taxation and finance computer and it say’s WE HAVE RECIEVED YOUR REFUND. IT REQUIRED FURTHER REVIEW, IF YOU RECIEVE CORRESPONDENCE FROM US PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. Here iam still waiting on the computer to change the screen, people owe money NYS…Process our taxes, shame on you.
filled state tax sent in forms on jan 30th still have not received any thing please help got back federal a month ago
Update: Did they know I complained here?
My status is now: We received your return and it required further review. While most returns are reviewed within 4 weeks, it may take up to 6 weeks to complete our review.
Glad I know I don’t have to resend it!
I mailed in my return on Feb 6th and the website still says they have no info.
Very annoying.