What You Need to Know

No. The Supreme Court ruling does not trigger automatic refunds. Importers must proactively use CBP’s new CAPE portal for certain unliquidated entries, while liquidated entries require separate formal administrative protests or protective litigation to ensure recovery.

CAPE (Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries) is CBP’s new ACE-based module for electronic refund claims. It is currently limited to specific unliquidated entries and does not handle older, already-liquidated claims, which still require protest procedures.

Yes. CBP has moved to a strictly electronic refund model. You must have an active ACE account with current ACH (Automated Clearing House) banking information. Incomplete or incorrect account data will lead to refund rejections.

While CBP targets 60–90 days after CAPE declaration acceptance, timelines are highly variable based on entry complexity, liquidation status, and system bandwidth. Our multi-path strategy is designed to get you in the queue for the fastest available route.

A protest-only strategy often leaves money on the table. Unliquidated entries are typically best resolved through PSC before liquidation; liquidated entries may need a § 1514 protest within 180 days. If administrative pathways are exhausted, CIT litigation becomes the remaining option — handled by independent CIT-admitted counsel under a separate engagement. We map every entry to the right pathway instead of defaulting to one.

CIT work must be handled by attorneys admitted to the Court of International Trade. We maintain referral relationships with independent CIT-admitted trade counsel and introduce you directly. Those engagements are signed and priced between you and counsel — TariffAuditLabs is not retained as counsel and does not share legal fees. Whether a protective filing or a substantive complaint is right for your matter is a legal judgment for admitted counsel, not for us.

TariffAuditLabs is a specialist-led tariff recovery service. Our team prepares Post Summary Corrections and CBP protests and files them through your licensed customs broker. We are not a law firm, and we are not retained as counsel. For Court of International Trade matters, we refer clients to independent CIT-admitted trade counsel; those engagements are contracted and priced directly with counsel.

We operate on a performance-based contingency model for administrative recovery (PSC and CBP protest). No upfront fees, no hourly billing — we are paid only from dollars actually recovered. We do not publish a fixed rate card. The final fee is scoped to your claim size, entry complexity, and pathway mix, and is shared in a written offer after a free eligibility review. CIT litigation is separately engaged with referred independent CIT-admitted trade counsel — their fees are set directly between you and counsel, and we do not share legal fees.

Neither. TariffAuditLabs is a tariff recovery service, not a law firm. The information on our website is general information about IEEPA refund pathways. Eligibility and strategy depend on specific facts (entry data, liquidation status, who the IOR is, and which tariff actions applied). For federal court filings, we partner with independent CIT-admitted trade counsel who provides legal representation in court. For tax advice on how recovered refunds affect your books, consult your CPA or tax attorney.