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In this photo illustration, the Amazon logo is displayed on the screen of a smart tablet. (Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>

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The battle over who should be reimbursed for the higher costs of items purchased while the Trump administration\u2019s unconstitutional tariffs were still in effect has reached the world\u2019s largest retailer\u2019s doorstep, but this time there\u2019s a twist.<\/p>

Amazon has not asked the federal government to pay back the money, and it is currently refusing to do so, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>

Big picture view:<\/p>

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The plaintiffs argue Amazon raised prices while the tariffs were still in effect and collected hundreds of millions of dollars. After the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs, the federal government set up a method to reimburse those who had paid them.\u00a0<\/p>

Amazon, however, has not asked for that money back, the plaintiffs stated. They allege company officials are forgoing the massive sum the online giant is due as a way to curry favor with President Donald Trump. According to the lawsuit, Amazon has not returned any money to customers who paid higher prices while the tariffs were in effect and “has no intention of doing so.”<\/p>

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What they’re saying:<\/p>

“Amazon\u2019s decision to forgo recovery serves its own political and commercial interests at the direct expense of the consumers who bore the tariff costs in the first place,” the plaintiffs wrote in the lawsuit. “It has, in short, generated and retained a windfall from unlawful government action, and consumers \u2014 not Amazon \u2014 are the ones left paying for it.”<\/p>

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FOX Television Stations has reached out to Amazon and will update this story with any comment.<\/p>

Dig deeper:<\/p>

Over 2,000 companies\u00a0are seeking<\/u> to be reimbursed by the federal government and have filed suits with the U.S. Court of International Trade.\u00a0<\/p>

What the companies plan to do with any money they get back has been an issue. Responses have ranged from other, similar\u00a0class-action lawsuits<\/u> seeking refunds for customers to companies\u00a0announcing plans<\/u> to pass the money on to customers who had to pay more because of the tariffs.<\/p>

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Amazon customers argue they should be refunded for the higher prices they paid while the tariffs struck down by the government were still in effect, but the online retailer isn’t even asking for reimbursement, a lawsuit argues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,138,33],"tags":[143,139,34],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-donald-j-trump","category-politics","tag-business","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nAmazon is forgoing millions in tariff refunds to 'curry favor' with Trump, lawsuit claims - Tampa moving journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=815\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon is forgoing millions in tariff refunds to 'curry favor' with Trump, lawsuit claims - Tampa moving journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amazon customers argue they should be refunded for the higher prices they paid while the tariffs struck down by the government were still in effect, but the online retailer isn't even asking for reimbursement, a lawsuit argues.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=815\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tampa moving journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-16T22:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/088e7df0296bf5ba1f16c124152db5e5.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"764\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/?p=815#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/?p=815\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/78095676a3b6259b7b3bc65f6997dc2a\"},\"headline\":\"Amazon is forgoing millions in tariff refunds to ‘curry favor’ with Trump, lawsuit claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-16T22:04:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/?p=815\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/?p=815#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tampamovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/f8c70a0e4735b45059457e099ea0aabe.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Business\",\"Donald J. 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