UPS customers who paid tariff-related charges on imported shipments under the 2025–2026 IEEPA tariffs may be covered by a proposed class action alleging UPS collected and kept charges based on tariffs the Supreme Court has since struck down. No class has been certified and there is nothing to file yet.
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This article describes a class action complaint. The statements below are unproven allegations. UPS has not been found liable, there is no certified class, and nothing to claim in the lawsuit at this time. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
What Is This About?
A South Carolina customer filed a proposed class action against UPS on February 20, 2026, the day the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize tariffs. The case, Anastopoulo v. United Parcel Service Inc., No. 1:26-cv-01005, is in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta, where UPS is headquartered.The complaint alleges that before the ruling, UPS imposed tariff-related charges and increased shipping costs on customers based on the IEEPA tariffs, and that because those tariffs have been declared illegal, the money should be returned. UPS has not been found liable, no class has been certified, and there is nothing to claim in the lawsuit. Separately, UPS has said it is seeking refunds from the government on customers’ behalf.
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What UPS Says About Refunds
UPS has said it will request and retrieve IEEPA tariff refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on customers’ behalf for shipments where UPS was the importer of record, meaning those customers do not need to contact UPS, CNBC reported in April 2026. UPS cannot issue the refunds until it receives the money from the government. According to Supply Chain Dive, UPS’s website says it will first apply refunds to customers’ open account invoices, with any remaining funds disbursed 60 to 90 days after UPS first receives them.On an April 28, 2026 earnings call, CEO Carol Tomé said UPS was applying for refunds totaling “a little under $500 million” on 2.5 million eligible entries and would “remit it right back to our customer,” Supply Chain Dive reported. The refunds cover only IEEPA duties. The refund process is UPS’s own and is not part of the lawsuit, and OCA has not independently confirmed how many refunds have been paid.
What the Lawsuit Alleges
The complaint says UPS’s customers paid tariff-related charges as part of their shipping costs and that UPS should not keep amounts based on tariffs the Supreme Court has since invalidated. It pleads breach of contract and unjust enrichment and asks for refunds of those amounts and other relief. It proposes a nationwide class of all individuals residing in the United States who paid unlawful tariffs to UPS under IEEPA, plus a South Carolina subclass. Counsel is Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo, the same firm that filed the first FedEx case.These are allegations. The complaint does not quantify how much any customer paid, and no court has decided whether UPS owes customers anything beyond the refunds it says it is passing through.
What Happens Next?
UPS will respond to the complaint by answering it or moving to dismiss. OCA has reviewed the complaint but has not yet reviewed later activity on the court docket, and will update this page when it does. A parallel set of 13 suits against FedEx has already been combined in Memphis, as described on OCA’s FedEx tariff refund lawsuit page. OCA tracks every consumer tariff refund suit on its tariff class actions page.Questions
What is the UPS tariff refund lawsuit about?
A proposed class action filed February 20, 2026 in federal court in Atlanta alleges that UPS imposed tariff-related charges and higher shipping costs on customers based on tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which the Supreme Court ruled unlawful that day, and seeks to recover those amounts. UPS has not been found liable, and the allegations are unproven.
Is UPS refunding tariffs to customers?
UPS has said it will request IEEPA tariff refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on customers’ behalf for shipments where it was the importer of record, so those customers do not need to contact UPS, according to CNBC. Supply Chain Dive reported that UPS will first apply refunds to customers’ open account invoices, with any remaining funds disbursed 60 to 90 days after UPS receives them. That program is separate from the lawsuit.
Who could be covered by the UPS tariff class action?
The complaint proposes a nationwide class of all individuals residing in the United States who paid unlawful tariffs to UPS under IEEPA, plus a South Carolina subclass. No class has been certified, so the definition is not final.
Is there a UPS tariff class action settlement or claim form?
No. There is no settlement, claim form or deadline in the lawsuit.
Sources
• Class action complaint, Anastopoulo v. United Parcel Service Inc., No. 1:26-cv-01005 (N.D. Ga., filed February 20, 2026)• “UPS and FedEx have begun filing for some tariff refunds”, CNBC, April 21, 2026
• “FedEx to send tariff refunds to customers starting in August”, Supply Chain Dive, June 25, 2026 (includes UPS refund timing)
• “FedEx, UPS and DHL detail tariff refund approach for customers”, Supply Chain Dive, April 21, 2026
• Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (U.S. February 20, 2026)
