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How to File IEEPA Tariff Refunds Through the CAPE Portal

See which IEEPA entries can move through CAPE now, how to avoid ACE validation delays, and when a protest or CIT review may be needed.

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Current CAPE status · Reviewed October 22, 2026

Limited Phase 3 is live for court-covered plaintiffs

Move eligible entries now, verify ACH before filing, and get case-specific guidance where CAPE does not yet provide a clear path.

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Phase 3 eligibility CBP deployed Phase 3 on October 6 for finally liquidated entries covered by CIT reliquidation orders; class certification is not itself a refund order

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Phases 1 and 2; limited plaintiff Phase 3

Phase 3 is live for finally liquidated entries covered by a CIT reliquidation order. The first group supplied a valid IOR number to CBP by July 30.

Prepare before filing

ACE access, ACH banking, and clean entry data

CBP’s September 30 FAQ explains Form 5106 updates through ACE Portal or a broker using ABI Action Code U. Verify importer identity and ACH banking before filing.

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Finally liquidated, protested, or older entries

Class certification does not itself order refunds or create a general CAPE filing procedure. Later IOR submitters, non-plaintiffs, postal claims, and surety-paid duties need case-specific review.

Latest CBP totals, as of October 2: $136.6 billion accepted for processing; about $126 billion certified and sent to Treasury; 20,362 refunds totaling about $1.1 billion held for missing ACH information. Treasury transmission does not mean every importer has received payment.

View CBP's October 6 declaration

Three Steps to Your Refund

CAPE simplifies the intake process, but CBP still validates the entries, recalculates duties, and controls when refunds are released.

Check Your Eligibility

Confirm the entry has IEEPA Chapter 99 duties and is either still unliquidated or not more than about 80 days past liquidation. Use our interactive checker to verify.

Prepare Your Data

Set up ACE access, enroll ACH refunds, and prepare an entry-number-only CSV that matches your importer or filing account.

File via CAPE

Upload up to 9,999 entry numbers, clear ACE validations, and monitor consolidated refunds through the new CAPE reporting workflow.

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Timely analysis of CAPE filing windows, Phase 3, CIT orders, and the practical steps importers can take now.

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We separate confirmed CBP instructions and court filings from developing reports, then translate them into practical next steps.

Authorized filers

Importer of record or filing broker

A CAPE declaration is limited to the importer of record or the broker that filed the entry summary.

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22,170

Refunds held for missing ACH

As of October 2, 20,362 refunds totaling about $1.1 billion were held for missing ACH information.

August 25 Lord Declaration

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