According to the Congressional Budget office, maintaining the 2025 tariff regime would have netted $3 trillion over the next ten years which would have been sufficient enough to offset any major tax cuts passed the previous summer. The IEEPA tariffs alone were going to raise the U.S. tariff rate from near-zero to 13.8 percent, something that hadn’t been seen since the 1930 Smoot- Hawley tariffs disaster. When you have an understanding that tariffs aren’t trade policy but they are tax policy where the government attempts to generate revenue without looking at the holistic consequences, you begin to understand that their recalcitrance when it comes to refunding IEEPA duties isn’t just bureaucratic, but a way of them extracting capital even if it means going over the Congress and its constitutional power to tax. If you’re the CFO or CEO of a corporation involved in importing and exporting goods, you must be wondering how this will all affect your ability to receive your IEEPA tariff refunds; read on to find out how we can ease the process and help you stay focused on your operational goals as a business.
Are you looking for a best IEEPA refunds attorney? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation as they relate to IEEPA refunds and the process. McCready Law is proud to announce that we have joined forces with Frost Law Arizona to help corporations and businesses that were unlawfully levied duties against during the February 2025 to February 2026 period, and thanks to the Supreme Court ruling, the government was ordered to pay back all these duties to over 300,000 affected businesses across the country. Our strategic partnership means we are able to assess your claim, consolidate your entries via an in-depth forensic audit to discover just how much the government owes you, file protective orders on your behalf, and even litigate your claim in front of the Court of International Trade should the government become recalcitrant about processing your IEEPA refunds. We offer the forensic audit at NO CHARGE as well as a 100% FREE initial consultation phone-call, and we work efficiently and ensure all your valid entries are presented as a complete dossier to CBP and relevant authorities, leaving you to focus on more pressing business matters. Need assistance with IEEPA refund rejections or processing? Call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to speak with an experienced attorney and tax experts at no cost to you.
Why the Government Fought Tooth and Nail to Keep IEEPA Operational
It is important to note that the IEEPA tariffs were never about fentanyl trafficking or trade balances. It was a targeted action rolled out to see if the executive branch could completely bypass Congress when it came too tax policy, employing an emergency statute that was originally only designed for asset freezes as a revenue-generating machine.
Here’s what they were counting on:
- The IEEPA tariffs were meant to capture maximum revenue with minimal political accountability. Unlike a tax increase vetoed by the Congress, IEEPA tariffs could simply be announced on Truth Social at midnight before being rolled out in just 2-3 days. This led to the collection of $195 billion in customs revenue for the 2025 fiscal year without any Congressional approval
- The revenue from the IEEPA tariffs was used to offset tax cuts passed in the summer of 2025, leading to the creation of a fiscal package where tax reductions for high-income individuals as well as corporations were bundled with tax increases that eventually fell on low-and middle-income consumers. In fact, statistics from the Peterson Institute demonstrated that households in the lowest income quintile spend a larger percentage of their income on tariff-affected goods than those in the top quintile.
- In fact, nothing proved more than anything that the tariffs push was a fiscal tool than the government’s switch to Section 122 tariffs which levied a global surcharge after the Supreme Court ruling. In fact, it is estimated that a permanent 10 percent Section 122 tariff would lead to the raising of $926 billion by the government over the next ten years
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If your company paid IEEPA tariffs and you’re looking at the CAPE system with confusion and overwhelm, we can’t blame you. The refund process is not only intricate, but one wrong entry can cause you to be considered a fraudster by the government and CBP via the False Claims Act. If you’d like help making sense of it all, please give us a call, McCready Law, best IEEPA tariff lawyers, at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice. We help consolidate your entries, file them with CAPE on your behalf, file protests in case the 180-day window is fast-approaching or has vested, and even represent you via litigation at the Court of International Trade. Remember, the forensic audit is FREE, as is your first telephone consultation with us. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.