FedEx / UPS Tariff Refund Check — Are You Still Owed Money?

CAPE Phase 2 launches today. Find out in 3 minutes if your refund window is still open before FedEx, UPS, or the 180-day clock closes it forever.

The Problem

You paid IEEPA tariffs on goods from China in 2025 or 2026. You assumed the refund would come to you. It probably won't.

Here's why: when FedEx or UPS handled your customs entry, they often registered themselves as the Importer of Record on Box 26 of CBP Form 7501. That means CBP is sending the refund check to FedEx or UPS, not to you. You paid the duty. They get the money back.

And the clock is ticking. Most 2025 entries have a 180-day Post-Summary Correction window. Once that window closes, your refund is gone. No exceptions. No extensions.

The 3-Minute Check

This workbook walks you through one thing first: Are you still inside a live refund window, or are you locked out?

You answer five quick questions about your shipments. The workbook tells you immediately which window you are in:

• CAPE Phase 2 (opened today, June 29, 2026, you can file directly)

• PSC window (180 days from entry summary date)

• Protest window (300 days from liquidation)

• Or expired (and what to do next)

What You Get for $19

• The Box 26 check, verify whether you or FedEx / UPS is the Importer of Record

• The deadline-window decision tree, know in 3 minutes if your refund is still recoverable

• The CAPE Phase 2 portal walkthrough, file directly through CBP's free portal, no broker permission needed

• The five-step entry audit: Entry dates, broker affidavits, IOR documentation, PSC prep, final submission

• The escalation script: what to say to FedEx or UPS when their refund is actually yours

What You DON'T Get

• No contingency cut. We don't take a percentage of your refund.

• No filing service, we hand you the exact steps, you file it yourself or hand it to your broker

• No lawyer letter. No broker dependency.

If you've already gotten a lawyer letter offering to recover your tariff refund for 15 to 25 percent contingency, that letter is exactly why this workbook exists. A licensed customs broker would walk you through this same checklist at $250 per hour. You're doing it yourself for $19.

Why $19, Why Now

If you're owed even one $1,000 refund, this workbook returns 52x. If you're owed $4,200 like the median small importer on a 2025 China shipment, it returns 220x.

If you're already locked out, you'll know in 3 minutes and you won't waste another week wondering. That's worth $19 by itself.

The CAPE Phase 2 window is open today. Tomorrow it will be one day closer to closing. Your move.

Who This Is For

• Small importers bringing in goods from China between April 2025 and today

• Anyone whose customs entries were handled by FedEx, UPS, DHL, or a freight forwarder

• Businesses that paid IEEPA duties and never received a refund notice

• Anyone who got a FedEx or UPS duty bill in 2024 or 2025 and wants to verify the claim themselves first

Who This Is NOT For

• Importers with their own ACE account and an in-house customs broker already filing PSCs

• Anyone who wants someone else to file their refund (we point you to CAPE, we don't file for you)

• Importers whose entries are all from before 2024 (those windows are mostly closed)

Instant Download Includes

• The 5-Step Refund Trail Checklist (PDF, 12 pages)

• The Box 26 / IOR Verification Worksheet (fillable PDF)

• The Deadline Window Decision Tree (1-page reference)

• The CAPE Phase 2 Quick-Start Guide (5 pages)

• The FedEx / UPS Escalation Script (2 pages)

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