"Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade wrote that "all importers of record'' were "entitled to benefit'' from the Supreme Court ruling that struck down sweeping double-digit import taxes President Donald Trump imposed last year under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)."
"The federal government collected more than $130 billion in the now-defunct tariffs through mid-December and could ultimately be on the hook for refunds worth $175 billion, according to calculations by the Penn Wharton Budget Model."
"In his ruling, Eaton wrote that he alone "will hear cases pertaining to the refund of IEEPA duties.'' The ruling offers some clarity about the tariff refund process, something the Supreme Court did not even mention in its Feb. 20 decision."
A federal judge in New York ruled that importers are entitled to refunds for tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. The Supreme Court found that President Trump's reciprocal tariffs and other emergency-power tariffs violated the Constitution. Judge Richard Eaton will oversee refund cases and ordered customs to stop collecting the struck-down tariffs. The federal government collected over $130 billion in these tariffs through mid-December and faces potential refund obligations of approximately $175 billion. The ruling provides clarity on the refund process that the Supreme Court's decision did not address, though the government is expected to appeal or seek a stay.
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