Panic Passes Trump Tariff Refunds Back to Playdate Customers
Panic is refunding Playdate customers the 19% tariff charges it passed along while the Trump administration's import duties were in effect, after the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal and the company began receiving refunds from the government. Panic says the money "just [wasn't] ours to keep." Ars Technica reports: In an update posted on the Playdate help site this week, Panic noted that…
Panic is returning 19% tariff charges to Playdate customers after the Supreme Court declared the tariffs illegal and the company began receiving refunds from the government. Panic stated that the money was not theirs to keep. According to Ars Technica, Panic has begun receiving refunds of the tariffs paid in the past year and has since refunded all tariffs charged to customers.
Initially, Panic explained that it could not absorb the 19% tariffs to import Playdate hardware made overseas due to low margins on Playdate. As a result, the tax was passed along to customers as a line item on all Playdate orders. Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser mentioned that filing paperwork to reclaim these taxes and processing refunds for customers required significant backend work.
However, returning the money to Playdate purchasers was an easy decision, as it was not their money to keep and felt right to give it back. Sasser expressed that it felt like the right thing to do.
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