Amazon Will Give Tariff Refunds to Some Customers
Months after the US Supreme Court struck down certain tariff-related import charges, some Amazon customers could soon see money returned to their accounts. The online retail giant announced on Thursday that it will issue refunds to eligible customers who paid tariff-related import charges, although the timing and amounts have not been disclosed.
Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said on an earnings call that the company had received $600 million from the US government following the Supreme Court’s February decision that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports were illegal.
From February to April 2025, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on many countries exporting goods to the US, using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as justification. As of mid-December, more than 301,000 U.S. importers had paid $175 billion to the US government in tariff penalties. The federal government is now issuing refunds to those importers.
Under the tariff system,...
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