State Taxes Requires Further Review...Received Fed

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

I filed my taxes on Feb. 16th and have received my federal return on March 4th with no problems. I have been checking the status of my New York State refund and day after day it shows my refund requires further review and can take up to 60 days!!

I called them last week and they have no other information for me other than they need to look at it more closely, she said nothing may be wrong they just need to review it and if there was something they will mail a letter requesting more information but at that point nothing yet has been mailed out for me to respond to.

I'm sure my state refund is on the higher side than a majority of the population as I have 4 kids, so is this NYS's way of holding on to my money as long as they can or is it possible they will ask for an audit? I have never had my refund held up and not sure what is going on...all I can do is wait and wait which is frustrating because I really could use that money right now!