Question: The REV-615 report for Refund ID 98765 shows one amount.The money actually received by my bank for that Refund ID is a smaller number than the REV-615 report amount.Why the difference? There are no offsets of which we’re aware. We’ve contacted the IRS and we don’t have any debts owed. No outstanding payroll taxes […]
Question: We received one of those letters from a third party claiming to want to help us get our IEEPA refunds.It had a weird amount of accurate data, such as the names of a number of our suppliers and an estimate of duties paid.How’d they’d get that data? Is it because CBP publishes manifest data? […]
Question: For refund ID XXX, our REV-615 showed one amount and then the actual ACH payment showed a slightly smaller amount.I called the Treasury offset number and it said there were no offsets on that Tax ID.So how do I account for the difference? All of our other CAPE refunds and payments matched exactly. Answer […]
Question: If another entity is listed as the Notify Party on my imports BUT my company EIN is listed, then I need to do nothing and the CAPE refunds will come to me? Or even if my EIN, do I need to have the 4811 party removed? Answer 1: You have to make sure the […]
Question: Unless we announce it, is there any way for another company to look up what we’re getting back from CAPE? Answer 1: Federal agencies are required to disclose any information requested under the FOIA unless it falls under one of nine exemptions which protect interests such as personal privacy, national security, and law enforcement. The […]
Question: When CAPE opened on 4/20, we filed for every one of our entries that hadn’t liquidated or was within 80 days. Nothing else to do on that category.Before that, we filed a protest on entries liquidated but not yet 180 days. So I think that means we’re good on this category for now? Should we […]
Question: I have a broker telling me they cannot process my PSC and protest requests as CBP WILL NOT ACCEPT them.They say I have to do CAPE (wave 1 or 2 as appropriate).Many of these requests are for MISSED USMCA/SPI claims. Had USMCA been claimed, IEEPA would not have applied.I told them this is WRONG, […]
Question: If money is owed to another USG entity, such as IRS, we know the IEEPA refunds can be offset by that amount.How would we know? If an IEEPA refund is less than expected, how can we tell the specifics of the offset? Answer 1: The same day our 5/13 IEEPA refund was deposited, a […]
Question: I am purchasing Birch and Melanin material from a broker in the U.S. that is importing as DDP from China, Vietnam, and/or Africa. I want to know if I issue a PO to the supplier, will we be liable if they ever get audit or fined by CBP? Should I put a statement on […]
Question: Our CAPE refunds started showing up on ES-022 today, but some entries are exactly twice what they should be. Doing further analysis, it looks like CBP double refunded some entries. How do we address this? Will they bill us for the overage? I assume we’ll have to return it somehow….so, how? Answer 1: Check the […]
Question: I have a pile of entries that I had requested a parcel carrier to correct the entries (mostly missed USMCA claims). They take 90-180 days to do this…par for the course. I am IOR.Fast forward to today and I see that they FILED A CAPE CLAIM for these!!!! This is WRONG. I didn’t authorize […]
Question: If we filed a bunch of protests on entries that liquidated but were still within the 180-day period, do we need to withdraw those protests before next Monday’s CAPE unveiling? Answer 1: ProtestsIf a protest has been submitted solely for IEEPA refund purposes and the entry summary is within 80 days of the liquidation […]
