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.s part of what the Irs calls a test run my tax return was accepted on 1/26 a few days before the official start of tax season. I have checked the Wheres My Refund and the bar still shows as being processed curious to know how long it takes to go on to say refund approved and...