When Tariffs Threaten a Growing Business: 7P Solutions’ Story

At the start of 2025, 7P Solutions in Nashville, Indiana was doing exactly what policymakers often say they want small businesses to do: grow, hire, and invest in the future.

“We ended 2024 as a strong, growing business and entered 2025 with incredible momentum,” the company explains. “In the first quarter of 2025 alone, we generated nearly three times our entire 2024 profit. We were building, hiring, investing, and planning for the future.”

The trajectory was clear. The business was expanding, creating opportunity for employees and stability for the families who depend on it. Then the tariffs hit and everything changed.

“We now face decisions no growing company should have to make: reducing staff simply to keep the doors open. Not because we failed. Not because demand disappeared. But because unexpected duties have choked the very cash flow that keeps small businesses alive.”

Tariffs are often framed as a policy tool meant to influence global trade. But on the ground, they reshape the day-to-day decisions of small businesses — forcing them to delay hiring, cut staff, raise prices, or scale back investments.

“Tariffs don’t just affect balance sheets — they affect livelihoods. They threaten jobs, relationships, and years of hard work built on trust and performance. We are fighting to survive. We are fighting for our employees. And we are fighting to continue serving our customers with the reliability and dedication they expect.”

Their story reflects what many small businesses across the country have been saying for months: tariffs are not paid by foreign governments. They are paid by the American companies that import the goods. And for those businesses, the consequences are real.

As 7P Solutions said, “We Pay The Tariffs is not just a name — it is our reality.”

Following the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the IEEPA tariffs, courts have made clear that businesses are entitled to refunds of the unlawful duties that were collected. Now the responsibility falls to the government to deliver those refunds quickly and automatically, without forcing small businesses into lengthy applications, legal battles, or years of uncertainty.

Over 1,000 small businesses across the country are calling on policymakers to act. If your business paid IEEPA tariffs, add your name to the growing coalition demanding full, fast, and automatic refunds. Sign the letter to Congress and the Administration and help ensure that the small businesses who paid these unlawful tariffs finally get their money back.