[HN Gopher] U.S. set to launch tariff refund system on April 20
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U.S. set to launch tariff refund system on April 20
Author : tantalor
Score : 35 points
Date : 2026-04-16 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nbcnews.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nbcnews.com)
| bayff wrote:
| Didn't some guy buy up a bunch of the rights to tariff refunds at
| discount hoping for this?
| extraduder_ire wrote:
| It's more than one guy, there's a whole industry around it.
|
| I think the most famous one is a person working in government
| or closely related to someone who is. (drawing a blank on the
| name right now)
| drawfloat wrote:
| ...your Commerce Secretary.
| ivraatiems wrote:
| It's nice to see them actually complying with the Supreme Court's
| decision instead of just ignoring it and telling them to enforce
| it.
| csouers wrote:
| Oh, don't worry. They'll find a way to screw over the consumer.
| bmitc wrote:
| This does screw over the consumer, or at least doesn't
| reverse the screwing of any consumers.
| hoppyhoppy2 wrote:
| Am I reading between the lines correctly, that consumers who paid
| higher prices to help cover the cost of these tarriffs can expect
| no refunds?
| NewJazz wrote:
| PPP 2.0
| JohnMakin wrote:
| Yes, it's effectively a transfer of wealth from the consumer to
| the companies above them, much like everything else these days
| BoiledCabbage wrote:
| Yup, another failure of a policy. And again not a surprise,
| it was widely explained ahead of time they were illegal, but
| instead they were forced through under an "Emergency"
| situation and now enormous amount of money wasted and what's
| returned is being refunded to corporations even though the
| consumer ultimately paid the bill.
|
| Another case of acting impulsively.
|
| Kinda like the reason the price of oil is so high right now.
| tacodestroyer wrote:
| Absolutely and I highly doubt those businesses will lower the
| prices on anything they raised prices on. Double dip FTW.
| aucisson_masque wrote:
| That's what I wonder too.
|
| Ultimately it's the customer who paid more for his his'goods,
| not the importer.
|
| Is the us government seriously going to give American citizens
| money to some Chinese importers ?
| happytoexplain wrote:
| Yup. More theft from regular Americans.
| kshacker wrote:
| I wonder how it works for small folks like me. My brother sent me
| something from India and put a value on it (should not have). The
| government charged me a few bucks, but then fedex charged me
| something on top as their fees. Now if they charge me to return
| the fees, I will still end up losing money :) since the fedex
| fees were more than the government fees
|
| It is not a big amount, but I am sure there are lots of people
| with similar stories.
| comrade1234 wrote:
| From what I understand a tariff refund system has been in place
| for decades, as companies dispute tariffs they were charged and
| get refunded.
| Freedom2 wrote:
| This forum told me that other countries would pay the tariffs for
| the end customer. Was that incorrect, and if so, how could this
| forum get it wrong? What other confidently stated truths could
| also be wrong?
| pjc50 wrote:
| For "this forum" read "the small but persistent crowd of pro
| Trump tech bros".
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