CBP Tells Court It Cannot Currently Process $166 Billion in Trump Tariff Refunds Due to Technical Limitations
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Summary
U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed a federal judge that it cannot currently comply with an order to refund approximately $166 billion collected from Trump-era reciprocal tariffs, citing technological limitations, existing processes, and manpower constraints. The agency acknowledged that the Supreme Court has ruled these tariffs illegal but stated that implementing the refunds requires significant system upgrades that would save millions of man-hours in processing.
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CBP, in a court filing, cited its existing technology, processes and manpower requirements as the reasons it could not immediately comply with the conditions of Judge Richard Eaton's order on the so-called IEEPA tariffs.
The Supreme Court recently ruled those duties are illegal.
CBP also suggested in the new filing that it could begin
CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that the technology upgrades it plans would save more than 4 million man-hours in processing refunds for Trump's tariffs.
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