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“Companies will retain tariff refunds instead of passing the savings to consumers through lower prices.”
The claim reflects a likely tendency but overstates it as a certainty. Federal Reserve and Yale Budget Lab research confirms tariff costs were largely passed to consumers, and refunds legally flow to importers of record — making consumer price cuts unlikely in many cases. However, the blanket assertion that companies "will retain" refunds ignores that some firms (e.g., FedEx) have pledged to return them, contract law may compel pass-through in business relationships, and competitive dynamics vary by industry. The reality is heterogeneous, not universal.
“A Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs requires that consumers receive refunds for higher prices paid due to the tariffs.”
This claim is false. The Supreme Court ruled that IEEPA did not authorize Trump's tariffs, but it did not address refunds at all—it remanded those questions to the Court of International Trade. Any potential refund claims would be filed by importers through customs processes, not paid directly to consumers. There is no legal requirement that consumers receive refunds for higher prices. Some companies like FedEx have voluntarily pledged to pass refunds through, but that is a business decision, not a court mandate.