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BumRushDaShow

(170,423 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:48 PM 6 hrs ago

US set to launch tariff refund system on April 20

Source: Reuters

April 14, 2026 2:21 PM EDT Updated 5 hours ago

April 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to launch next Monday the system it will use for issuing refunds to American importers for $166 billion the companies paid in tariffs that ‌the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in February as unlawful.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, opens new tab in a court filing on Tuesday that it has completed the development of the initial phase of the refund system, known as CAPE. The system will consolidate refunds so importers will receive one electronic payment, with interest when applicable, rather than processing refunds on an entry-by-entry basis.

Agency official ⁠Brandon Lord made the declaration, opens new tab in the filing with the New York-based Court of International Trade. The agency disclosed the CAPE launch date in a separate announcement on Friday.

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping global tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law meant for use in national emergencies. Tuesday's filing said that as of April 9 some 56,497 importers had completed the process to receive electronic refunds for tariffs affected by the court's ruling, an amount totaling $127 billion. The agency has said it plans to roll out the refund system in ‌phases.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/us-set-launch-tariff-refund-system-april-20-2026-04-14/

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US set to launch tariff refund system on April 20 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP

Who wants to bet most of the money will go to the richest sakabatou 6 hrs ago #1

It goes back to the IOR JustAnotherGen 6 hrs ago #2

importers often did pass along some or all of the tariff costs to their customer... thesquanderer 5 hrs ago #4

With fourteen words? NT. mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago #3

I'm sure prices will immediately get lower. imaginary girl 4 hrs ago #5

"Come to Jesus" OP? More like fleecing the flock. cstanleytech 2 hrs ago #6

sakabatou

(46,199 posts)

1. Who wants to bet most of the money will go to the richest

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:51 PM

6 hrs ago

While the majority gets nothing?

JustAnotherGen

(38,067 posts)

2. It goes back to the IOR

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:56 PM

6 hrs ago

What you paid, is what you received. My US Manufacturer did not raise our prices. We ate the tariffs. It goes back to us.

thesquanderer

(13,041 posts)

4. importers often did pass along some or all of the tariff costs to their customer...

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:06 PM

5 hrs ago

...who often are not the final customer either, so it could get have gotten passed down all along the line.

Not all those folks are getting anything back. Only the importers are covered.