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By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency official is set to testify in federal court Tuesday about the U.S. government\u2019s plans for refunding billions of dollars that importers paid before the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump illegally imposed certain tariffs on goods from most other countries.<\/p>\n

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Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton said he wanted to hear details that would help him decide whether to order the government to speed up and expand its system for issuing tariff refunds. The Justice Department subsequently appealed an earlier order by Eaton to make all businesses that paid the now-defunct import taxes eligible for refunds plus interest.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department argued in a court document that only companies that were parties in any of the more than 2.500 lawsuits that challenged the tariffs were legally entitled to seek refunds.<\/p>\n

With the dispute now in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Tuesday\u2019s hearing may provide more clarity about the next phase of the refund process.<\/p>\n

First phase of tariff refunds is still ongoing<\/h4>\n

Eaton ordered Customs and Border Protection in March to create a system by which \u201call importers of record\u201d could apply for their share of the $166 billion CBP estimated it had collected before the Supreme Court struck down the global tariffs.<\/p>\n

The agency launched the online system April 20, saying it would first review applications from importers whose tax bills had not been finalized.<\/p>\n

Claims for refunds totaling $89.6 billion had been accepted for processing as of June 1, according to CBP, and the agency reported last month that it had so far directed the Treasury Department to issue $20.6 billion in refunds.<\/p>\n

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The pace and scope of the process became a contentious matter, however, when Eaton directed CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott to appear in court to discuss the agency\u2019s timeline for complying with the judge\u2019s \u201cuniversal\u201d order. The Justice Department objected and asked if one of Scott\u2019s deputies could attend the hearing instead.<\/p>\n

When Eaton insisted on hearing directly from the head of the agency, Justice Department lawyers appealed both that mandate and the judge\u2019s broader ruling on refund eligibility. On Thursday, the Federal Circuit agreed to temporarily suspend the requirement for Scott to testify.<\/p>\n

Eaton agreed to hear from Susan Thomas, the agency\u2019s executive assistant commissioner for trade.<\/p>\n

Who gets access to the next phase of tariff refunds<\/h4>\n

The hearing is expected to focus on CBP\u2019s capability and willingness to open the refund process to companies with tariff payments that date back the farthest.<\/p>\n

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So far, the agency has limited applications to businesses that either did not have their tax bills finalized by the time the Supreme Court struck down Trump\u2019s \u201creciprocal\u201d tariffs in late February or whose bills had been settled within the preceding 80 days.<\/p>\n

In a court declaration ahead of the hearing, Thomas said CBP was developing a way to handle refunds involving older shipments but would not process cases beyond the 80-day window while Eaton\u2019s order requiring for all duty payers was on appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould the court\u2019s order become final and require reliquidation of entries of all importers, CBP intends to fully comply with the court\u2019s final decision as expeditiously as possible,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

At issue is the agency\u2019s detailed and deadline-driven process for reviewing and clearing customs declarations on new imports.<\/p>\n

When foreign goods enter the U.S., importers or customs brokers acting on their behalf estimate the amount of tariffs owed and make a deposit toward the final bill. CBP then has 314 days \u2014 and up to four years, if necessary \u2014 to review the declared goods, determine the actual amount owed, and either require more or less than the deposit.<\/p>\n

The taxed merchandise then is pronounced \u201cliquidated.\u201d Importers have 180 days to protest CBP\u2019s determination. Goods typically can\u2019t be reassessed after that point.<\/p>\n

Eaton has said he is holding Tuesday\u2019s hearing \u201cto ascertain if it is the government\u2019s policy to return all of the unlawfully collected duties either by complying with the court\u2019s order, or by some other means.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the five companies behind the lawsuit that produced the judge\u2019s order said it would be unconstitutional for them to pay less tariffs than other companies that also paid the invalidated duties, which the Supreme Court held Trump improperly imposed by citing an emergency powers law to usurp Congress\u2019 taxmaking authority.<\/p>\n

The companies have asked Eaton to certify their case as a class action on behalf of \u201cpotentially tens of thousands of identically situated importers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meghann Supino, a partner at the law firm Ice Miller, said she thinks CBP will continue to build out the technology needed to refund all tariffs, but \u201cwhether they open it up to non-litigants and importers that do not have orders for their own sake is going to continue to be an issue with the appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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