The US government has so far paid back $81 billion in tariffs to companies since the Supreme Court ruled in February that those tariffs were illegal, according to federal budget data disclosed on Monday.

Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffs

The US has refunded $81 billion in tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled Trump's IEEPA levies illegal, deepening a $1.367 trillion deficit hole.