The word from the finance boys is that the large corporations have already requested refunds, and will have the manpower to jump through the red tape to get their refunds. "It will go straight to their bottom line", they say, so they will be money ahead. Because the customers who paid actually paid higher prices because of tariffs (or just gouging) will not get refunds, nor will any small business that doesn't have the staff to fight for refunds.

Because, we needed some additional way to punish small businesses and working people, and enrich the big corporations, didn't we?