US set to launch tariff refund system on April 20

[BumRushDaShow]

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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This got buried under the "Come to Jesus" articles.

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[sakabatou]

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

While the majority gets nothing?

[JustAnotherGen]

2. It goes back to the IOR

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]

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

...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.

[DiverDave]

12. Proof?

Maybe, MAYBE, 1% ate the tariffs.
Im not convinced by some guy saying "we ate the increase"
But keep pushing.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. With fourteen words? NT.

[imaginary girl]

5. I'm sure prices will immediately get lower.

(Sorry, I don’t know how to post the sarcasm tag!)

[Karma13612]

8. Look for the "classic smilies" button along the format line just about the text box:

It expands the whole menu of cool smilies.

Have fun!!!

And for simplicity, the code is just

Colon sarcasm colon

(but, if I use colons instead of spelling them out, then you won’t see the code LOLOL).

[imaginary girl]

10. Thanks!

[Karma13612]

13. YAW!!!

[cstanleytech]

6. "Come to Jesus" OP? More like fleecing the flock.

[purr-rat beauty]

7. With who's money?

So the tariff cost was passed to the consumer and now the businesses gets our tax dollar too?

[Karma13612]

9. Well, I know I won't see a dime of the extra money I paid to Jeff Bezos

and the Walmart family.

And prices are going to stay inflated now due to shipping costs going up due to the Trump War and oil prices skyrocketing.

All because people didn’t like Harris’ laugh, or the fact that we didn’t have a GD primary (with only 3 months before the election).

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. The companies will get the money

The folks who paid extra won't get shit.