FOR CFO / FINANCE
If your P&L is surprised by duty every quarter, that is not a trade problem. It is a visibility problem.
Duty is a budget line. GingerControl treats it that way, so finance gets the same view compliance has, in a form that holds up in a board deck.
The starting point
Tariffs are the fastest-moving line item on most importer P&Ls right now, and also the line item with the least visibility. Most finance teams are still forecasting duty by taking last quarter’s broker invoices and adding a buffer. That works until it very much does not. GingerControl gives finance the same reasoning layer compliance has, models the scenarios, and runs the recovery work that puts cash back: IEEPA refunds after the 2026 Supreme Court ruling, and duty drawback on qualifying exports.
Jobs to be done
A day in the life, rewritten.
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The situation
Quarter close is coming and you need a duty projection for next quarter that does not embarrass you at the board meeting.
The job
Produce a forecast grounded in actual product-level tariff data, not a trailing average.
With Ginger
Parts Library holds the current tariff stack for every product in your catalog and lets you model duty cost across sourcing strategies for budget planning. When tariffs change, you re-run the matrix, and every committed scenario is on record in Selection History.
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The situation
You suspect there is capital sitting in duties you already paid, IEEPA tariffs from 2025, or a product misclassified for the last 12 months.
The job
Figure out whether there is a recovery opportunity, and how much, fast.
With Ginger
After the February 2026 Supreme Court ruling, our IEEPA Refund service files the full package per entry, through Post Summary Correction, protest, or CIT complaint. Duty Drawback recovers up to 99% of duties on imports later exported or used in US manufacturing. And if a product was misclassified, the HTS Classification Researcher sizes the delta with a reasoning chain to support the filing.
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The situation
The board wants a one-slide summary of tariff exposure by product line.
The job
Produce it without pulling the compliance team off their day job.
With Ginger
Exposure data already lives in Parts Library, grouped and exportable, with a timestamped record of every decision behind it. Drop it in the deck. No week-long fire drill.
The proof
What changes, in numbers.
Full tariff stack
modeled across your catalog in parallel
Base MFN + Section 232 + Section 301 + Chapter 99 + Section 122, applied by entry date in Parts Library. Your scenarios are as current as the rules themselves.
Up to 99%
of duties recoverable through drawback, plus IEEPA refunds
Duty drawback under 19 USC 1313 refunds up to 99% of duties on imports later exported or used in US manufacturing. IEEPA refunds reclaim 2025 tariffs after the 2026 Supreme Court ruling. We file both packages end to end.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much can we recover in overpaid duties?
Start with the Two-Week Assessment, which reviews your entries and returns a documented recovery figure you can take to the board. For a finance leader, that turns a vague sense of money left on the table into an evidenced number spanning IEEPA refunds, drawback, misclassification, and freight overcharges. Recovery work is estimate-and-file, so we size and pursue it, we never guarantee a dollar amount or that CBP accepts a claim. The assessment gives you the figure and the evidence behind it.
How do I forecast duty as a P&L line item instead of guessing from broker invoices?
Forecast it from product-level data in Parts Library, which holds the current full tariff stack for every SKU and lets you model duty across sourcing scenarios for budget planning. For a CFO, that replaces last quarter's broker invoices plus a buffer with a forecast grounded in the actual rules, and Selection History keeps every committed scenario on record. Re-run the matrix when rates change. Treat figures as current as of their calculation date, since tariff policy moves quickly.
What is the ROI of duty drawback for us?
Duty drawback recovers up to 99 percent of duties on imports later exported or used in US manufacturing, so the ROI turns on your export and manufacturing volume. We estimate the recoverable amount and track progress, and a specialist partner executes the filing, that split is deliberate. For finance, the Two-Week Assessment can size drawback alongside other recovery lanes so you see the number before committing. It is estimate-and-file, never a guaranteed recovery or a guaranteed CBP outcome.
Section 122 vs IEEPA tariff refund: which recovery applies to us?
They are different recovery paths, and IEEPA refunds are the live opportunity, reclaiming IEEPA duties paid in 2025 after the 2026 Supreme Court ruling. For a CFO sitting on 2025 duty outlays, that is potentially trapped capital worth sizing now. Our IEEPA Refund service files the full package per entry, through Post Summary Correction, protest, or CIT complaint, this is the one filing we do. We are not a licensed broker and do not file customs entries, and no refund amount or acceptance is guaranteed.
How do I find cash from tariff overpayments hiding in our numbers?
Run the Two-Week Assessment, which audits entries and duty payments to surface money leaking through wrong classifications, unclaimed refunds, and overcharges, then returns a documented recovery figure. For finance, the usual sources are IEEPA refunds on 2025 duties, drawback on qualifying exports, misclassification deltas, and freight-invoice overcharges caught by Freight Audit. We estimate and file, we do not guarantee the recovered amount. Misclassification deltas come with an HTS reasoning chain to support the filing.
How do I give the board a tariff exposure number with evidence behind it?
Pull it from Parts Library, where exposure data already lives grouped and exportable, with a timestamped Selection History recording every decision behind each figure. For a CFO, that means a one-slide exposure-by-product-line summary without pulling compliance off their day job for a week. The audit trail is what makes the number defensible in the deck. Trade Advisory can pressure-test the strategy behind it, though that is senior trade guidance, not legal counsel, and exposure moves as rates change.
What to look at next
IEEPA Refund Recovery
Reclaim IEEPA duties paid in 2025 after the 2026 Supreme Court ruling. We file the full package.
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Duty Drawback Recovery
Recover up to 99% of duties on imports later exported or used in US manufacturing.
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Parts Library
Model duty cost across sourcing strategies for budget planning, with every decision on record.
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Tariff Calculator
Cross-compare HTS codes and origin countries to ground duty projections in product-level data.
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Trade Advisory
Senior advisors for duty mitigation strategy and recovery sizing.
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The Two-Week Assessment
Quantify the opportunity in your trade spend.
A two-week Assessment runs your import entries, freight charges, and purchase orders through GingerControl’s audit layer and returns a recovery figure you can take to the board, evidence attached. Your broker stays your broker.