By: Ben Johnston
The Supreme Court ruled in February that the Federal Government had illegally collected tariffs from importers in the United States using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). As a result of this ruling, U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection (CBP) launched a portal called CAPE (Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries) to handle the processing of refund applications from those parties that paid the tariffs originally. This means that the Importer of Record (IOR), and only the IOR, can apply through CAPE for a refund.












