President Donald Trump’s administration will begin repaying businesses that file for tariff refunds starting on Monday.
In February, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration did not have the authority to impose tariffs utilizing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), resulting in lower courts demanding that the federal government reimburse companies that paid. Now, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) will be launching “the first phase of a new claims system that will allow importers to seek repayment of tariffs collected” under the IEEPA, according to Fox Business.
“The scale of the refunds could be significant for businesses across industries. Court filings show more than 330,000 importers paid duties on over 53 million shipments, totaling roughly $166 billion,” the outlet reported. “Starting Monday, companies and their customs brokers can submit refund requests through CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) portal using a newly developed tool known as the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries, or CAPE.”
Following the validation of a claim, CBP will “recalculate the duties without the IEEPA tariffs and reliquidate the entries, triggering repayment,” which should take between 60 and 90 days to receive. They are warning, however, that the more complex cases could take a little bit longer to process, and the scale of the repayment program is so massive that it may cause delays.
X users reacted to the story, and many aren’t happy with who is receiving the money:
But not the shoppers that paid them?
— Mario Papalia (@MarioPapal36537) April 20, 2026
🤣🤣🤣 how about the consumer? 🤡🤡
— JoeZay (@JoeBarJr) April 19, 2026
Customers paid the extra due to tariff increase, now customers’ tax money being paid to companies to compensate the loss. Classic Trump win 🏆.
— The Wannabe Witch (@mindmusclelab) April 20, 2026
Not sure why they need to refund the companies. I heard it’s the overseas companies that pay the tariffs. Lmfaooo.
— alex m gilbert (@BarterMetals) April 20, 2026
To those who have been trashing the tariffs: if they weren’t successful, why would we have to give money back? (not that we are necessarily ought to have to…)
— 🇺🇸✨Brett Kruschke ✞ (@bkru) April 20, 2026
The issue here is that the refund will go to the wrong people.
Who’s the govt paying to ?
The importers, mostly large corporations and retailers.Who actually paid the tariffs?
The American consumers when the tariffs were active, businesses passed the costs down through…
— citykush (@citykush1) April 20, 2026
Most of the taxpayer funded return will flow to multi national corporations which have a tight grip on their industries and have already passed along the expenses to the consumers. Accelerated upward transfer of wealth.
— Russell Lange (@woostersheer1) April 16, 2026
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