CAPE Refund Status — How to Check Your IEEPA Refund
A plain-English status of CBP’s CAPE process — the system paying back the IEEPA tariffs the Supreme Court struck down. Which phases are open, how much has been certified, and how to check your own claim in ACE.
Last verified September 18, 2026. Dollar figures as of 2026-09-11 (CBP’s September 15, 2026 CIT declaration).
Have not filed? Start with how to claim an IEEPA refund. Waiting on the deposit? The IEEPA refund timeline is 60–90 days from acceptance to ACH. This page does not look up your entry.
Accepted for CAPE processing
~$134.7 billion
As of September 11, 2026 (CBP Sept 15 CIT filing)
Certified to Treasury
~$122 billion
About 73% of the $166B IEEPA pool
Status by phase
Open since April 20, 2026. Refunds of IEEPA duties on entries not yet finally liquidated — and entries still within 80 days of liquidation — are processed and disbursed to the Importer of Record (or its designated party).
Open since June 29, 2026. Extends CAPE to reconciliation entries and entries carrying antidumping/countervailing duties tied to the struck-down IEEPA tariffs.
Confirmed to deploy October 6, 2026 (CBP's September 15, 2026 declaration to the CIT). Access is limited to importers who are plaintiffs in a pending CIT case and who submitted their IOR number to CBP by July 30, 2026 — importers who have not sued still have no administrative path to a refund on finally liquidated entries.
CBP has indicated it is building CAPE functionality to handle entries with open protests. Not yet live.
How to check your CAPE refund status
- Confirm you are the Importer of Record (or the licensed broker who filed the original entries). CAPE pays the IOR, or a party the IOR designates — not the retail customer.
- Log into the ACE Secure Data Portal, open the CAPE tab, and pull the REV-615 CAPE Refunds Trade Report. That is the status of record: accepted, flagged, rejected, or certified.
- Enroll for electronic refund (ACH) on your Importer sub-account. CBP does not mail refund checks. Missing bank details have already left approved refunds sitting.
- Check each entry’s liquidation status in ACE (report ES-003). Unliquidated and recently liquidated entries file through Phase 1 or 2. Finally liquidated entries wait on Phase 3 — and only if you are a CIT plaintiff who submitted an IOR number by July 30, 2026. See Phase 3: do you need to sue?.
- If you have not filed yet, start with how to claim an IEEPA refund and the tariff-refunds hub. Filing is entry-by-entry and unforgiving of CSV errors.
This page tracks administrative status. It does not estimate what you personally are owed. For the filing workflow and eligibility rules, use the how-to guide. For a licensed filer on contingency (no recovery, no fee), Tariff Recovery Today — powered by Irongate, in partnership with Master Plan — can review whether a CAPE declaration is worth filing.
Sources: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, IEEPA Duty Refunds (cbp.gov); CBP declaration to the Court of International Trade, September 15, 2026 (figures as of September 11). Illustrative analysis, not legal or tax advice.
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Not sure whether your entries qualify?
If your business paid IEEPA tariffs in 2025–early 2026, a licensed filing team can review eligibility. Contingency — you owe nothing unless a refund is recovered. Not a promised dollar amount.
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