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In May, when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rolled out its online tariff refund portal, the U.S. Treasury refunded $21.97 billion, exceeding the $21.93 billion it collected that month\u2014and a complete reversal of the month before, when the Treasury distributed only about $2 billion in tariff refunds, according to a report published this month by the Tax Foundation, a tax policy nonprofit, citing monthly Treasury statements. In June, the balance sheet became even more lopsided, with $49.18 billion refunded as compared to the $23.63 billion collected, resulting in a net customs revenue of negative $25.56 billion.<\/p>\n

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Tariff revenue makes up just a small fraction of the government\u2019s total revenue, but the Tax Foundation warned the chaos surrounding the tariffs and their legal fallout has had an outsized economic impact, exemplified by the government hemorrhaging billions of dollars monthly through refunds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile importers will experience some relief by receiving refunds, the economic damage from the chaotic tariff regime cannot be refunded\u2014and the remaining tariffs means economic damage will continue to grow,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

After collecting $166 billion in revenue from tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the Supreme Court struck down the levies in February, resulting in a mandate forcing the Trump administration to redistribute the income to up to the 330,000 eligible importers who footed the bill for the levies. While President Donald Trump has tried to rebuild his tariff policy in the aggregate\u2014imposing duties under Sections 122, 232, and 301 of the 1974 Trade Act\u2014he has not been able to recoup the money lost through refunds.<\/p>\n

The continued drain on tariff revenues represents a failure of the Trump administration to deliver on its lofty promises of using the income to reduce the federal deficit and offset tax cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill act, argued Erica York, vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe president himself and the administration have been talking so much about how they\u2019re going to raise a lot of revenue with tariffs, how they\u2019re going to supposedly fix the fiscal situation with tariffs,\u201d York told Fortune<\/em>. \u201cAnd that really mismatches what we\u2019re seeing play out in the data, which is that they have relied on really shaky legal grounds to try to impose these tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, tariffs have increased inflation, with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis finding the levies hiked the prices of pharmaceuticals and household utensils by more than 4% over the last year.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s on top of the uncertainty accompanying Trump\u2019s whipsaw tariff policy, which York said has been as disruptive as the levies themselves, leaving companies scrambling to adapt supply chains, as well as holding off on hiring or increasing wages as they navigate new variables. She noted tariff policy has changed more than 50 times since Trump took office again in January 2025, most recently this week, with Trump announcing a three-day pause on a proposed 50% tax on Canadian imports as the countries negotiate a trade deal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt hasn\u2019t just been, \u2018Here\u2019s a new tariff done in a very transparent way,\u2019 and then businesses can plan around it,\u201d York said. \u201cIt has been a chaotic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To be sure, the Trump administration won\u2019t have to distribute tariff refunds forever. The Treasury Department has already given out $100 billion in refunds since May, crossing the halfway point of total revenue collected through IEEPA tariffs. But the Tax Foundation suggested the remaining $66 billion will be harder to distribute, as the next phase of refunds deal with more complex claims filed after the established liquidation period, raising procedural questions.<\/p>\n

At the same time, refunds yet to be disbursed are accruing interest, up to 4.5% on overpayments on $10,000 or more and 6% on overpayments less than that, according to the Cato Institute, meaning taxpayers are still footing the bill on refunds yet to be returned to them.<\/p>\n

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York expects tariff revenues to rise back into the positive in a matter of months, but warned the uncertainty surrounding the existing levies remain, with companies suing the administration to remove Section 301 tariffs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEven though we\u2019re past the IEEPA saga, we\u2019re not past the chaotic tariff environment saga,\u201d York said. \u201cI think we are stuck in that for at least the next couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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