CAPE live Apr 20, 2026: CBP's Phase 1 fast-lane is open. Refunds are not automatic — 80-day rolling window per entry from its protest date. Entries still inside their window can file now.
$166 billion is owed across 330,000 importers. 83% haven't even set up the bank account to receive it. We start you there — for free.
In Europe, every importer has a single EORI number, every trusted operator earns AEO status, customs records are unified across 27 countries. Across the US-MX border, you have ACE on one side, VUCEM on the other, fragmented brokers in between, and no shared compliance record. Cruzar Tickets are the unified record. Refunds are one of five modules running on it — customs, regulatory, paperwork, drivers, refunds. Built on the border, for the border.
Drop your ACE Entry Summary CSV. We tell you what you're owed in under a minute. No signup required.
We compose the CAPE CSV using revenue codes REV-615 (CAPE credit) + REV-613 (ACH rejection tracking) — the codes CBP's system reads since CAPE went live April 20, 2026. For entries whose individual 80-day protest window has closed, we draft a Form 19 protest packet instead. Both documents are Ed25519-signed.
You can't receive a refund without an ACE Portal account + ACH enrollment. We walk you through both — most filers haven't set this up.
You file with CBP. We track the 60-day refund clock. When it hits your account, mark it received — we charge our fee on confirmed money, never on hope.