What is the IEEPA tariff refund?
It is the refund of US tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which the Supreme Court held unlawful on 20 February 2026. The Court of International Trade ordered refunds on 4 March 2026 — roughly $166 billion to about 330,000 importers across more than 53 million customs entries. As of CBP's court filing of 10 July 2026, $121.75 billion in claims had been accepted across 213,939 declarations and $86.3 billion repaid with statutory interest.
How long do I have to act? What is the 180-day protest window?
The protest window under 19 U.S.C. § 1514 runs 180 days from the date each entry liquidates — not from the court ruling, and not from any single national deadline. Every entry in your records therefore has its own clock. CBP's CAPE process instead opened in phases — Phase 1 on 20 April 2026, Phase 2 on 29 June — each covering specific entry classes, and a CAPE declaration cannot be withdrawn once accepted. Ouli Refund's Deadline Monitor tracks the clocks per entry and emails before one lapses. Which path applies to a given entry is a determination for your licensed customs broker or attorney.
Can Oulution file my refund claim with CBP?
No. Oulution is not a law firm and not a customs brokerage. The software produces analyses, calculations and worksheets from your own ACE data; every filing with CBP is made by you or by your licensed customs broker or attorney — never by us. Nothing on this site or in the product is legal, customs or tax advice.
What does it cost — and do you take a percentage of my refund?
Never a percentage: Ouli Refund is priced as flat software, so every dollar CBP refunds stays yours. Plans are monthly or annual subscriptions, plus one-time Refund Packs for when a single deadline is all you need. Tiers scale by how many importer EINs and how many entries a month they cover — a free tier carries the duty calculator and an eligibility scan, and paid plans for importers, larger businesses and brokers run from the low hundreds to the low thousands of dollars a month. Current figures are in the pricing section of this page. Contingency arrangements elsewhere in this market typically take 10–15% of the refund.
What data do I need to start?
An export of your entry data from ACE — or the same report from your customs broker — pasted into the scanner. No system integration is required to start. The scan returns a per-entry triage: which refund paths remain open, dollar estimates, deadlines, and diagnostics for payments stuck on rejected files, missing ACH enrollment or offsets — with the reasoning shown at every step rather than a score.
How is duty drawback different from the IEEPA refund?
They are separate programs, and one does not replace the other. Duty drawback under 19 U.S.C. § 1313 is an ongoing program that can recover up to 99% of duties on goods that are re-exported, destroyed, or used to manufacture exports. The IEEPA refund is a one-off consequence of the 2026 ruling and is tied to entries that carried IEEPA duties. Ouli Refund covers both — the Refund Scanner for IEEPA paths, and the Drawback Workbench for § 1313 intake, estimates and a claim memo for your broker.
What is the Refund Exposure Audit, and is it legal advice?
A fixed-fee, written review of your US customs entries by the Ouli Refund team: which refund paths are still open for each entry, how much is at stake, and what is stuck, delivered within five business days of a complete intake. Audit-Standard (US$2,500) covers import volumes under US$10 million a year; Audit-Plus (US$7,500) covers larger or multi-entity books. The fee is credited in full against any recovery engagement that follows, which is contracted separately, per the Audit Service Terms. The Audit is trade-data analysis, not legal, customs or tax advice; filings with CBP are made by you or your licensed customs broker or attorney.