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Small business owners queue up for tariff refunds

NPR | By Alina Selyukh

Published April 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM CDT

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Business people had their fingers above the keys, ready to go, when the U.S. government launched its tariff-refund portal Monday morning.

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Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.