IEEPA refund firms

Your CAPE book, plus the refund that repeats.

CAPE returns IEEPA duty. Drawback can return up to 99% of the other duty your clients paid on goods they export or destroy, and it repeats as long as they export.⁠[1]

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  • CAPE checked first
  • We don't sell CAPE filing

CAPE

IEEPA duty, refunded once

Drawback

Other duty on exported goods, claimed again each period they export

Illustration, not a client result.

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Where CAPE stands

Where does CAPE stand?

Most IEEPA refunds go through CAPE.

CAPE, as of each date shown
WhatFigureAs of
IEEPA duty collectedAbout $166B, from about 330,000 importersSeptember 15, 2026 (CBP court filing)⁠[2]
Accepted into CAPEAbout $134.7BSeptember 11, 2026⁠[3]
Certified to TreasuryAbout $122BSeptember 11, 2026⁠[3]
CAPE Phase 3Was scheduled to open October 6, 2026, for Court of International Trade plaintiffs onlySeptember 17, 2026⁠[4]

CAPE doesn't touch the other duty your clients pay on imports. When they export those goods, drawback may return it.

Which 2026 duties can drawback reach?

Section 301 duties, including the forced-labor and Brazil actions;⁠[5] the Section 122 surcharge on entries from February 24 to July 24, 2026;⁠[6] and the Section 338 duties on Canada.⁠[7] Drawback on Section 232 duties depends on the program.⁠[8] Claims reach back five years from import.⁠[1]

CAPE first

Will drawback get in the way of a CAPE refund?

Not when the order is right. CAPE excludes entries that are the subject of a drawback claim, and CBP recommends filing CAPE before drawback.⁠[9]

So we check every entry for CAPE first. We never put an entry on a drawback claim before its CAPE question is settled.

Three flags, entry by entry
FlagWhat happens
No IEEPA dutyDrawback review
CAPE doneDone or excludedDrawback review on the other duty
On holdOpen or in courtEntries on hold stay off drawback claims until the client's broker clears them.
Where the data comes from

Your client's ACE entry reports are where a drawback claim starts. Your client uploads them. On the Advisory track, your firm doesn't handle the data.

Two tracks

Which track fits your firm?

Your licensing status decides the track.

Filing trackAdvisory track
ForFirms that hold a U.S. customs broker licenseFirms that don't
Who files drawbackYour licensed brokers, under your license and your power of attorneyA licensed broker your client chooses: its own, or a NexQloud partner broker.
Who contracts with your client for the claimYour firmThe broker that files.
What you pay usSoftware fees: a workspace at $1,500 a month co-branded or $2,500 white-label, credited against claim-package fees; $1,250 Sealed or $1,000 Standard per claim package⁠[10]Nothing
How your firm is paidYou set your client's price and bill itYour clients get partner pricing; you bill your own work. No referral fees, and no share of any fee.
Your brandA co-branded or white-label workspaceA co-branded page: your firm recommends NexQloud Drawback
The rule you never breakA licensed broker approves every claim line, and each approval is loggedNever prepare, match or compute claim data, or present your firm as preparer or filer
How the numbers work

Filing track terms. Founding Filing Partners, the first 10 to sign, get the first 90 days free and rates fixed for 24 months. Claim packages cover up to 1,000 matched import lines; each extra line is $1.25 Sealed or $1.00 Standard.⁠[10]

Filing track example. An example, not a forecast: a $1M lookback filed as 10 claim packages of up to 1,000 lines each, at the published list price. In Sealed, your client pays $175,000; you pay $12,500 and keep $162,500 before your own costs. In Standard, your client pays $155,000; you pay $10,000 and keep $145,000 before your own costs.⁠[15]

Your price is yours to set, for each mode. If your claim-package fees in a month come to less than the workspace fee, you pay the workspace fee. 1.5 Standard packages a month cover the $1,500 co-branded workspace fee in full.⁠[10]

Your clients

Will we compete with you for your clients?

No. We don't sell CAPE filing to anyone, so there is no CAPE work to sell your clients.

  • Register your client list. Each client that confirms is protected for 12 months.⁠[10]
  • We don't market to it and we don't introduce another adviser. On the Filing track, we never quote it below your price. The client's choice always prevails.
  • You send each client its confirmation link from your own email, so it hears from someone it knows. We don't email your list.
  • In both modes, the partner terms bar us from soliciting your clients and from using their data in our marketing.
Who can read your clients' documents

Sealed. Your clients' documents stay private, including the supplier prices on their invoices and the customers named in their export filings.⁠[16]⁠[17]

Standard. An outside AI provider may process your clients' documents, only on terms that bar training. Nothing trains on them. Only named NexQloud staff can open them, to fix an exception or answer a support request, and every access is logged.

What Sealed proves, and what it doesn't

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Bring drawback to your clients.

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  1. 01

    Apply to partner.

    We reply within 2 business days.

    WhoYour firm

  2. 02

    Register a deal.

    Bring a client. The agent drafts the claim lines.

    WhoThe agent

  3. 03

    File under your license.

    Brokers approve and file. The client stays yours.

    WhoYour broker

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Money flow

Who gets paid, and when?

CBP pays the refund to your client, the claimant.⁠[18] It never passes through NexQloud.

Who pays whom
FromToWhat
CBPYour client's bank accountThe refund
Your clientThe filing brokerThe fee, after CBP pays
The filing brokerNexQloudSoftware fees

Your firm (Advisory track): you bill your own work to your client, directly.

No one in the program buys a drawback refund, advances money against it or takes an assignment of it.

The fee

Charged on principal only. Any interest CBP pays is your client's. The broker that files invoices your client after CBP pays. Under the published fee, if nothing comes back, nothing is owed.

When CBP pays

With accelerated payment, CBP can pay before the claim is final. Its only published timing, from 2018: processing "will generally take place within 3 weeks of the claim resubmission date." Without it, a claim is deemed liquidated one year after filing unless CBP extends it, up to four years.⁠[19]⁠[20]

Accelerated payment needs a bond. Any third-party cost, such as that bond, is quoted before your client agrees.

Conduct

What do we ask of every partner?

In May 2026, CBP warned importers about unknown parties offering to file, requests for bank details or passwords, and pressure to act.⁠[21]

These standards keep your firm well clear of that. They are part of the partner agreement.

Partner conduct standards
  1. No urgency and no countdowns. Say "may qualify" and "the entries decide." Never tell a client it qualifies before its entries are read.
  2. Never ask a client for ACE logins, passwords or bank details.
  3. Use approved claims only, from the partner kit.
  4. No unsolicited bulk outreach. When you email about us, CAN-SPAM applies.⁠[22]
  5. Disclose your relationship with us in any endorsement.⁠[23]
  6. No assignment, claim purchase or advance funding on drawback claims made through the program.
  7. Advisory track: never prepare, match or compute claim data.
  8. Never run down a client's broker.
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Questions

Questions refund firms ask

Our clients already filed CAPE. Is anything left?

If they export, there may be. CAPE returned IEEPA duty. Regular duty, Section 301 duty and the other 2026 duties on goods they exported are separate money that drawback may return.⁠[1]⁠[5] Their entries decide.

Some clients' entries are in Phase 3 or in court. What happens?

Those entries stay on hold for drawback until their CAPE question is settled. The case stays with your client's counsel.

Why can't you share fees with us?

A broker may not let fees for customs business benefit an unlicensed person.⁠[14] If your firm holds a broker license, the Filing track lets you set your own price.

Drawback pays slower than CAPE. What do we tell clients?

The facts: with accelerated payment, CBP can pay before the claim is final. Its only published timing, from 2018: processing "will generally take place within 3 weeks of the claim resubmission date." Without it, a claim is deemed liquidated one year after filing unless CBP extends it, up to four years.⁠[19]⁠[20] Promise nothing faster.

Can we keep our funding or claim-purchase product?

Tell us about it when you apply. It can't touch a drawback claim made through the program, and it stays out of anything that mentions NexQloud Drawback.

Do we need a customs broker license?

Not for the Advisory track: you refer, advise and bill your own work, and a licensed broker files. Preparing or filing drawback claims for clients takes a customs broker license.⁠[11]⁠[13]

Licensed brokers on staff, but the firm isn't licensed?

Tell us when you apply. Counsel reviews these cases one at a time.

Do you file CAPE?

No. We don't sell CAPE filing, and the agent doesn't prepare CAPE declarations. Your CAPE work stays with you and your client's filer.

What do we see?

Status, for each client that allows it: registered, account created, documents complete, claim package ready, filed, paid by CBP. Not documents.

Can our firm white-label?

Yes, if your firm holds a customs broker license. If not, you get a co-branded page instead.

White-label details

Is there a minimum client size?

No. The published fee has a minimum of $750 per filed claim, never more than 25% of what that claim recovers.⁠[15]

Who qualifies?
  • A firm that serves importers on IEEPA refunds.
  • You disclose your licensing status and any funding or claim-purchase products.
  • You follow the conduct standards above.
  • Filing track: your firm holds a U.S. customs broker license.

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