According to Yelland, the controlled blackouts since December 2014 have had a âserious negative economic impactâ. The cost to the economy during stage 1 load shedding â 10 hours of blackouts per day for 20 days a month â is R20 billion per month.Stage 2 load shedding, using the same time parameters, costs the economy R40 billion per month, while stage 3 is estimated to cost SA R80 billion per month.he following infographic shows just how much load shedding is costing South Africaâs economy. Cost to SAâs economy. In addition to faults at existing power stations, it was reported on 9 February that the synchronization of Medupi Power Stationâs first unit will be further delayed by six weeks to the end of March 2015.
Filing a return through the mail is, of course, the slower of the two processes. For those who mail their federal return, the IRS will remit a tax refund within six weeks after they have been received the completed return. If you file electronically, you should receive your tax refund within three weeks.
Report Abuse. We filed 1/16. The refund was accepted 2/1. I'm still waiting for it to be approved. I went through H&R Block...they state it's in the hands of the IRS, and the IRS won't talk to anyone unless it's been 21 days.I know people who have filed in February and have already gotten theirs.kay so according to that chart that someone posted The IRS approves between certain dates for instance we filed on the 2nd and was accepted on the 2nd, so we should be approved sometime between the 2nd and the 8th with a DDD of Feb 13th. Depending on how long the bank takes I am sure it will be longer.