Source: USA Today
by Patrick Childress
“When will tariff refunds be available? We don’t know. The Supreme Court’s decision was silent on the issue of refunds. While the administration has not revealed how it will approach this issue, President Donald Trump’s comments during his Feb. 20 news conference were telling. Referring to refunds, the president mused: ‘I guess it has to get litigated for the next two years.’ This suggests that the administration is girding for a years-long judicial fight against the issuance of IEEPA-based tariff refunds. Who will receive tariff refunds? Probably not consumers. If and when the government cuts tariff refund checks, those funds will not be going to everyday citizens. Instead, the businesses that directly imported the affected goods will receive the money.” (02/25/26)