Overview
- Gov. Maura Healey on March 10 pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to issue $1,745 per household, totaling about $4.886 billion for Massachusetts.
- Her request follows a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the administration’s tariff regime and a New York federal ruling ordering refunds to companies that paid those duties.
- Healey bases the per-household figure on a congressional estimate that consumers paid roughly $231 billion in tariff costs from February 2025 to January 2026.
- The administration has moved to impose a narrower global tariff under a different authority, prompting a multistate lawsuit that includes Massachusetts, with Attorney General Andrea Campbell joining the challenge.
- Refunds ordered to date would flow to importers rather than consumers, and while some firms say they could pass savings along, Treasury had not announced a direct refund plan; more than $175 billion in collections may be subject to repayment and over 1,000 companies have sued.