Orem, UT – Jun 3, 2026 – Tariff Recovery Team, a contingency-based refund recovery service, has launched to help US importers navigate CBP’s newly activated refund system and recover duties paid under tariffs the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional.
On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a decision involving tariff authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The ruling affected an estimated $165 billion in duties collected from more than 330,000 importers across over 53 million customs entries between February 2025 and February 2026.
Refunds are not automatic. On April 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched CAPE (Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries), a new module within CBP’s ACE portal through which importers must actively file claims. Importers who do not come forward, submit accurate entry data, and file through the CAPE system will not receive a refund.
Adding to the urgency, the filing window is tied to the liquidation date of each individual entry. Importers generally have 180 days from liquidation to submit a claim. That clock runs per entry and is already ticking. Entries that miss the window are permanently ineligible.
“We paid over $200,000 in IEEPA tariffs through our own wholesale import company,” said Sunshine Chapman, Founder and CMO of Tariff Recovery Team. “When the Supreme Court ruled those tariffs illegal, we assumed getting our money back would be straightforward. It is not. The process requires entry-level data analysis, ACE account setup, and navigating a system most business owners have never heard of. We built Tariff Recovery Team to make the process clearer and more manageable.”
Tariff Recovery Team handles the full analysis and walks importers step by step through their own submission in CBP’s system. Importers remain the filer in their own ACE account. The service operates on a contingency model: no upfront cost and no fees unless a refund is recovered.
The founding team brings operational experience from a prior government refund recovery program that obtained more than $12 billion in refunds for 77,000 businesses.
“Most importers we talk to have heard something about the ruling, but they don’t know what CAPE is, they haven’t checked their liquidation dates, and they don’t realize their window is already closing on some entries,” said Mark Sullivan, CEO. “This is exactly the kind of situation where a business owner who waits six months to ‘look into it’ may find that several of their largest entries are no longer eligible.”
Tariff Recovery Team offers a free qualification analysis with no obligation. Importers can request an analysis at tariffrecoveryteam.com.
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Media ContactCompany Name: Tariff Recovery TeamContact Person: Sunshine Chapman, FounderEmail: Send EmailPhone: (813) 816-2917Country: United StatesWebsite: https://tariffrecoveryteam.com/
