ERTC Audit Protection Services

🚨 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗜 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬™

I did not choose that name because I promise people money. Nope.

I chose it because I was witnessing too many business owners sitting with all this valuable stuff, LIKE:

📄 Carrier invoices

📦 Shipment and tracking records

🧾 Broker statements

📑 Customs entry documents

💳 Proof of payment

📧 Emails from multiple parties

…but no clear understanding of how those pieces connect and why they are of value to them.

So listen up!

Before asking,

“Where is my refund?”

There are several very important questions, LIKE:

✅ Which shipment are we discussing?

✅ What charge was actually paid?

✅ Who handled the customs entry?

✅ Who appears in the records?

✅ What documents are available?

✅ What information is still missing?

The documents must tell the story.

My role is not to replace a customs broker, attorney, CPA, tax professional, or government agency.

My role is to help business owners organize the paper trail, understand what they have, identify what they are missing, and prepare better questions before an important professional conversation.

No hype.

No refund promises.

Just a clearer place to begin. 🧭

If tariff or carrier paperwork has been sitting in a pile because you do not know where to begin, visit:

https://payhip.com/b/Xxp2f

Kelly Sue Brown

The Tariff Refund Lady™

Financial Prep Partner™ | Ask Kelly First™

Financial Prep Partner™ | Ask Kelly First™ Plain-English prep lanes that help owners, importers, and employers organize facts, documents, and questions before they sign, file, respond, or pay.

🚨 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖����𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪. 🚨

Suddenly everyone has a tariff refund service. 👀

Some want a percentage of your refund. 💸
Some want to lend you money against a refund you haven't received yet. 🏦
Some say "weeks, not months." ⏳

Here's the quiet part: 🤫

📦 None of that changes who your Importer of Record is.
📄 None of that changes what your paperwork actually proves.
🔎 None of that changes who controlled the customs entry.

Before you sign a contingency deal or take a tariff advance, ask one thing first: 👇

𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆?

You negotiate better when you know your own numbers. ✅

📌 I'm not a lender.
📌 I'm not a contingency firm.
📌 I help importers organize the paper trail first — so you control the conversation.

This is not ERC. The receipts matter this time. 🧾

No refund guarantee. No legal, tax, or customs advice. No replacement for a licensed customs broker.

For help organizing your tariff refund paperwork first, start here:
https://payhip.com/b/Xxp2f

Kelly S. Brown
The Tariff Lady™
Financial Prep Partner™ / Ask Kelly First™
Founder, ERTC Audit Protection, LLC

™

FedEx Tariff Refund Portal Prep Kit FedEx says a customer tariff refund portal is coming.When it opens, will you know what shipment details to enter?This $19 prep kit helps small businesses organize the bare-minimum money trail before checking a refund portal or asking FedEx, UPS, DHL,...

💥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 💥

New proclamations posted in the Federal Register today, covering motor vehicles, dairy, alcohol, and aluminum (Proclamation 11048, 91 FR 46663).

When duties changed, a refund window opened on entries you already paid. The problem? It sat buried in government language most people never got through.

So I did the digging for you. I pulled it straight from official CBP and Federal Register sources and turned it into a plain-English, step-by-step workbook, with links so you could verify every piece yourself.

No jargon. No guesswork. Just the process, organized. 👇

Tariff Refund Workbook + Toolkit: https://payhip.com/b/2z3Gb
Or comment "REFUND" and I sent it right over.

Kelly,
Ask Kelly First™

Educational resource, not legal, tax, or customs advice.

Tariff Refund Recovery Toolkit: Importer & Broker Documentation System 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 / 𝗜𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿 & 𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺If your business imports goods, works with customs brokers, or pa...

🚨 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗟… 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟. 🚨

Were you looking at Brazil today? 👀

Me too. 🤦‍♀️

But while everyone was focused on the new tariff headline, small importers should also be looking at something else: 😳

💰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀. 🧾

This is not ERC. 💸

🚩 This is not a “maybe someday” refund conversation. 🚩

Reuters reported that the U.S. Treasury showed 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 $𝟰𝟵.𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, after about $𝟮𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆.

That means refund money is not just being talked about.

📌 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱. 🔴

That should get every small importer’s attention.

But here is the problem: ⚠️

💰 The money moving does not mean every small business knows where its money went.

📦 A refund being issued does not mean the right person knows about it.

📄 Paying FedEx, UPS, DHL, a broker, supplier, or vendor does not automatically tell you who the refund trail points to.

🔎 The Importer of Record matters.

🧾 The paperwork matters.

This is where small importers can get blindsided. 😳

They may have paid the charge.

They may have passed the cost through to a customer.

They may have invoices showing duty, tariff, customs, import fees, or carrier charges.

But do they know:

✅ Who was listed as the Importer of Record?

✅ Which shipment or entry was involved?

✅ What duty or tariff amount was paid?

✅ Who filed the entry?

✅ Who actually paid the charge?

✅ Who controls the refund information?

✅ Do they have proof of payment?

…or are they guessing? 🚩

⚠️ This is exactly why I keep saying:

𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸, “𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱?”

Ask:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝘆?

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁?

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆?

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲?

📌 The money is moving.

📌 The receipts are real.

📌 The question is whether your records are ready.

📌 The importer who waits may be the importer who gets lost in the pass-through trail.

That is why I created the FedEx / UPS / carrier tariff refund prep workbook. 📦🧾

It helps small importers organize the paper trail before asking deeper refund questions.

No refund guarantee.
No legal, tax, or customs advice.
No replacement for a licensed customs broker.

Because this time, the receipts matter. 🧾💰

For help organizing your FedEx / UPS / carrier tariff refund paperwork, start here:

https://payhip.com/b/Xxp2f

Kelly S. Brown
The Tariff Lady™
Financial Prep Partner™ / Ask Kelly First™
Founder, ERTC Audit Protection, LLC

™

FedEx Tariff Refund Portal Prep Kit FedEx says a customer tariff refund portal is coming.When it opens, will you know what shipment details to enter?This $19 prep kit helps small businesses organize the bare-minimum money trail before checking a refund portal or asking FedEx, UPS, DHL,...

🚨 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗘𝘅, 𝗨𝗣𝗦, 𝗗𝗛𝗟 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Before you ask anyone for refund information, get your paperwork organized first.

A lot of small businesses are asking:

“FedEx, UPS, DHL, my seller, or my broker may have refund information… but what do I actually ask for?”

Start here.

🔎 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱

📦 What shipment you paid on
🧾 What invoice shows the charge
💵 What tariff, duty, customs, or import fee was paid
🏷️ Who may be listed as the Importer of Record
✉️ Whether you received any refund, credit, or carrier notice
📁 What proof of payment you have

⚠️ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸.

They know they paid something.

But they may not know whether it was a tariff, duty, carrier fee, advancement fee, broker charge, or import-related fee.

They may not know whether FedEx, UPS, DHL, the seller, the broker, or another party has the records.

✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸.

It is a simple, plain-English workbook for small businesses, sellers, and importers who used FedEx, UPS, DHL, or similar carriers.

It walks you line by line through what to gather, what to look for, and what questions to ask before requesting refund information.

📌 No refund guarantee.
📌 Not legal, tax, customs, or financial advice.
📌 Just a documentation tool to help you start with organized facts instead of guessing.

Link in first comment.

Kelly,

🚨 $71 BILLION in tariff refunds across two months.

That should get every importer’s attention.

Reuters reported that $49.2 BILLION in tariff refunds were issued in June, after $22 BILLION in May.

This is not moving slowly anymore.

If you are an importer, Amazon seller, small business owner, customs broker, or FedEx-billed customer, now is the time to start asking better questions.

Who was the Importer of Record?

Who actually paid the tariff charge?

Was it billed through FedEx, a customs broker, or another carrier?

Do you have the invoice?

Do you have proof of payment?

Do you have the customs entry paperwork?

A refund process can move, but your paperwork still has to be ready.

Do not assume someone else is tracking your money for you.

Start organizing your records now. You will be so happy you are prepared!!

Kelly
The Tariff Lady™

™

🚨⚠️ SPECIAL WORLD ALERT: OUR HUMANITY IS IN DANGER ⚠️🚨

🌎 When celebrating another person’s death becomes normal, society has crossed a dangerous line.

We are becoming a society in decay. 💔

Not because we disagree fiercely about important issues.
But because we have reached a point where some people openly celebrate when another human being dies.

🕊️ Charlie Kirk was murdered, and so many PEOPLE CHEERED.
🕊️ Rob and Michele Reiner were murdered, and so many PEOPLE CELEBRATED, (turning this one into a political nightmare.)

Now.... Senator Lindsey Graham has passed away, and once again, social media is filling with cruel jokes, hateful comments, and people treating the death of another human being like a political victory.

⚠️ What have we become?
🔴 It is not exclusively Republican.
🔵 It is not exclusively Democrat.
🇺🇸 It has infected people on every side of the political aisle.

You do not have to admire someone.
You do not have to vote for them.
You do not have to support their beliefs.

But if the first emotion you feel when you hear that another human being has died is joy, politics is not your biggest problem.

💔 Your heart is!

Some people talk constantly about morality, compassion, kindness, decency, and humanity, until the person suffering is someone they dislike.

Then suddenly, compassion has conditions.
And humanity has an expiration date...?

⚖️ Character is not measured by how you treat people who agree with you.
Character is measured by how you treat people you cannot stand.

🚨 NOW, READ THAT AGAIN, AND LET IT SINK IN THIS TIME.
👀 YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.
They are watching what you post.
They are listening to what you celebrate.
They are learning from the way you speak about people who believe differently than you do.
That disagreement makes someone less human?
That hatred is acceptable when it is politically convenient?
That another person’s death is something to applaud?

🚨 THIS IS BIGGER THAN POLITICS.
🫶 We can disagree without becoming cruel.
🙏 We can oppose someone without wishing death upon them.
❤️ We can hold strong convictions without surrendering our humanity.
⚠️ Search your heart.
⚠️ Watch your words.
⚠️ Remember that every life has value.

🚨 WE MUST DO BETTER!
Our children deserve better.
Humanity depends on it. 🌎❤️🙏

Have we really allowed politics to overpower our humanity, or are there still enough of us willing to draw the line?

I’m feeling very lonely right now. I hope I am not alone. 🙏

KellySue

🚨⚠️ SPECIAL WORLD ALERT: OUR HUMANITY IS IN DANGER ⚠️🚨

🌎 When celebrating another person’s death becomes normal, society has crossed a dangerous line.
🚨⚠️ SPECIAL WORLD ALERT: OUR HUMANITY IS IN DANGER ⚠️🚨

🌎 When celebrating another person’s death becomes normal, society has crossed a dangerous line.
We are becoming a society in decay. 💔

Not because we disagree fiercely about important issues.
But because we have reached a point where some people openly celebrate when another human being dies.

🕊️ Charlie Kirk was murdered, and so many PEOPLE CHEERED.
🕊️ Rob and Michele Reiner were murdered, and so many PEOPLE CELEBRATED, (turning this one into a political nightmare.)

Now.... Senator Lindsey Graham has passed away, and once again, social media is filling with cruel jokes, hateful comments, and people treating the death of another human being like a political victory.

⚠️ What have we become?
🔴 It is not exclusively Republican.
🔵 It is not exclusively Democrat.
🇺🇸 It has infected people on every side of the political aisle.

You do not have to admire someone.
You do not have to vote for them.
You do not have to support their beliefs.

But if the first emotion you feel when you hear that another human being has died is joy, politics is not your biggest problem.

💔 Your heart is!

Some people talk constantly about morality, compassion, kindness, decency, and humanity, until the person suffering is someone they dislike.

Then suddenly, compassion has conditions.
And humanity has an expiration date...?

⚖️ Character is not measured by how you treat people who agree with you.
Character is measured by how you treat people you cannot stand.

🚨 NOW, READ THAT AGAIN, AND LET IT SINK IN THIS TIME.
👀 YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.
They are watching what you post.
They are listening to what you celebrate.
They are learning from the way you speak about people who believe differently than you do.
That disagreement makes someone less human?
That hatred is acceptable when it is politically convenient?
That another person’s death is something to applaud?

🚨 THIS IS BIGGER THAN POLITICS.
🫶 We can disagree without becoming cruel.
🙏 We can oppose someone without wishing death upon them.
❤️ We can hold strong convictions without surrendering our humanity.
⚠️ Search your heart.
⚠️ Watch your words.
⚠️ Remember that every life has value.

🚨 WE MUST DO BETTER!
Our children deserve better.
Humanity depends on it. 🌎❤️🙏

Have we really allowed politics to overpower our humanity, or are there still enough of us willing to draw the line?

I’m feeling very lonely right now. I hope I am not alone. 🙏

KellySue

💔

Not because we disagree fiercely about important issues.
But because we have reached a point where some people openly celebrate when another human being dies.

🕊️ Charlie Kirk was murdered, and so many PEOPLE CHEERED.
🕊️ Rob and Michele Reiner were murdered, and so many PEOPLE CELEBRATED, (turning this one into a political nightmare.)

Now.... Senator Lindsey Graham has passed away, and once again, social media is filling with cruel jokes, hateful comments, and people treating the death of another human being like a political victory.

⚠️ What have we become?
🔴 It is not exclusively Republican.
🔵 It is not exclusively Democrat.
🇺🇸 It has infected people on every side of the political aisle.

You do not have to admire someone.
You do not have to vote for them.
You do not have to support their beliefs.

But if the first emotion you feel when you hear that another human being has died is joy, politics is not your biggest problem.

💔 Your heart is!

Some people talk constantly about morality, compassion, kindness, decency, and humanity, until the person suffering is someone they dislike.

Then suddenly, compassion has conditions.
And humanity has an expiration date...?

⚖️ Character is not measured by how you treat people who agree with you.
Character is measured by how you treat people you cannot stand.

🚨 NOW, READ THAT AGAIN, AND LET IT SINK IN THIS TIME.
👀 YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.
They are watching what you post.
They are listening to what you celebrate.
They are learning from the way you speak about people who believe differently than you do.
That disagreement makes someone less human?
That hatred is acceptable when it is politically convenient?
That another person’s death is something to applaud?

🚨 THIS IS BIGGER THAN POLITICS.
🫶 We can disagree without becoming cruel.
🙏 We can oppose someone without wishing death upon them.
❤️ We can hold strong convictions without surrendering our humanity.
⚠️ Search your heart.
⚠️ Watch your words.
⚠️ Remember that every life has value.

🚨 WE MUST DO BETTER!
Our children deserve better.
Humanity depends on it. 🌎❤️🙏

Have we really allowed politics to overpower our humanity, or are there still enough of us willing to draw the line?

I’m feeling very lonely right now. I hope I am not alone. 🙏

KellySue

Small importers — this is just a friendly reminder:

Don’t assume a tariff refund will automatically find its way back to you just because your business paid the charge.

If FedEx, UPS, DHL, a freight forwarder, broker, supplier, or another party handled the import paperwork, the paper trail matters.

Before asking refund questions, try to know:

✅ Who is listed as the Importer of Record
✅ Whether you have the CBP Form 7501 / Entry Summary
✅ What entry number applies
✅ What tariff or duty amount was paid
✅ Who filed the entry
✅ Who paid the charge
✅ Whether anything has already been submitted

The paperwork may matter more than people realize.

This is not legal advice or customs brokerage advice — just a documentation reminder for small businesses trying to understand where to start.

Kelly
The Tariff Lady™
™