A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled to launch Monday.
Importers and their brokers will be able to begin claiming refunds through an online portal beginning at 8 a.m., according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency administering the system.
It’s the first step in a complicated process that also might eventually lead to refunds for consumers who were billed for some or all of the tariffs on products shipped to them from outside the United States.
I knew this would be the route… gotta screw the consumers… but I was really hoping it would have been returned as a tax credit on your 2026 taxes. That would be the easiest way of getting the money back to those who ultimately paid it
I agree, but the thing is… it’s impossible to know exactly how much extra anyone paid (consumers), because most businesses probably ate some of the cost but of course had to pass most of it along. But it’s fuzzy, whereas what the businesses paid - there’s a record of that.
Nevermind that they passed it along…
It’s stupid and unfair and was illegal, but of course we can’t prosecute the President for anything…