Recover what you overpaid
in US tariffs.
Filing for your IEEPA refund through CAPE sounds straightforward. But getting it wrong can cost you more than not filing at all. When CBP processes your declaration, they don't just refund what you paid. They rerun their own tariff stacking and duty calculations from scratch. If Section 232 duties on your entries weren't declared correctly in the original filing, or if the flat IEEPA rate masked an underlying normal duty, CBP's recalculation can reduce your refund, flag your entries for review, or trigger a supplemental bill. The importers who recover the most from CAPE are not the ones who file fastest. They're the ones who file correctly.
Consyn audits your entry data before you file, not after. We identify misclassified tariff lines, Section 232 discrepancies, and stacking errors that would otherwise surface during CBP's review. Where corrections are needed on unliquidated entries, we file post-summary amendments first, so your CAPE declaration goes in clean, your refund estimate is reliable, and you don't get a surprise letter from customs three months later.
Refunds owed by the US government
Businesses with eligible refund claims
Per day — until claims are filed
Of CAPE submissions rejected on first pass
Sources: CBP, US Treasury, Consyn analysis · Updated May 2026
Submit your data.
Upload your customs records and a few company details and get a free audit report on the same day. We'll identify misclassified tariff lines, Section 232 discrepancies, and stacking errors and return a CAPE-ready csv.
Two Options. Transparent Pricing
Self-serve AI tool
Free. Yours to keep, no strings.
Upload your data — ACE entry summaries, broker exports, PDFs — and we return a refund exposure estimate in 1–3 days.
- Identifies which entries qualify for refund
- Filters out non-IEEPA duties automatically
- Clear breakdown of eligible vs. excluded entries
Expert-led recovery
10% success fee. No upfront cost.
Everything in self-serve, plus senior compliance review — we get paid when your refund lands.
- Manual validation by senior compliance reviewer
- Multi-broker data consolidation across ports
- CAPE-ready filing preparation and submission
- Parallel protest filings before 180-day windows close
Reviewed by people who’ve done this.
CAPE filings carry audit risk. Our expert-reviewed tier is overseen by senior trade compliance practitioners who’ve filed for global manufacturers.
Mark Edwards
25+ years in pharma, manufacturing, and logistics. Former head of trade compliance at AstraZeneca and Kindeva.
Daniel Twining
Global trade compliance lead at IQE — semiconductor manufacturing. Previously at Qualcomm.
How it works.
Three steps from raw customs files to CAPE-ready submission.
Know your data
Before you file anything, you need to see what CBP sees. We pull your ACE entry reports and review every line that paid IEEPA duties for tariff stacking issues — where Section 232 (steel and aluminium), Section 301 (China), and IEEPA duties overlap on the same entry line, the hierarchy of what gets refunded and what doesn't changes. We flag missing or incorrect Chapter 99 codes, entries that aren't eligible for Phase 1 CAPE (reconciliation entries, drawback claims), and entries approaching or past the 80-day post-liquidation window. You get a clear picture of what's claimable, what's at risk, and what needs fixing first.
Fix before you file
This is the step most importers skip — and it's the one that costs them. Before your entries liquidate through CAPE, we review them for Section 232 splitting opportunities and other errors recoverable through a Post-Summary Correction. Why this matters: once an entry liquidates through CAPE, the PSC window closes permanently. You can only challenge it through a formal protest, which is slower, harder, and less certain. Filing corrections before liquidation also demonstrates reasonable care to CBP, reducing your enforcement risk. Skip this step and you could lock in errors that shrink your refund or, worse, trigger a supplemental duty bill.
Submit your CAPE declaration
Once your data is clean and corrections are in, we prepare and submit your CAPE declaration through the ACE portal — CSV formatted to CBP's exact spec, legal acknowledgment certified, entry numbers validated. After submission, we monitor acceptance, track refund processing status, and handle any follow-up requests from CBP on your behalf. You don't touch the portal.