Meet the Deductions That Sneak In When You’re Too Busy Fixing Tariff Pricing
- The HRG Team
- Apr 17
- 2 min read
You know the feeling.
Tariffs are announced, and suddenly, all hands are on deck. Cost models have to be updated. Retailers need new price lists. Someone has to renegotiate contracts. Legal wants to review the clauses. Marketing wants to reprice ads. Operations is scrambling to reroute freight to save money.
And while all that’s happening, guess what’s creeping in through the back door?
Deductions.
Here’s a fictional example: Suppose you’re a wellness brand selling supplements to three major retailers. When the tariff hit, your bottle supplier raised prices 18%. You adjusted your price sheets, but the update didn’t flow to every system on time. Retailer A kept charging back for “pricing noncompliance.” Retailer B thought the invoice was wrong. Retailer C’s portal flagged it as an exception. Weeks go by before anyone catches the pattern. By then, the deduction total? $27,000.
And it happens all the time. Not because people are lazy. Deduction management slides to the bottom of the list because of the chaos of tariff-driven cost changes.
The problem is, deductions don’t wait. They don’t care if your team is busy with high-priority tasks. They just keep stacking up.
The good news is that this is preventable.
When HRG analyzes a supplier’s data, we don’t just look at open disputes. We look at patterns. We identify recurring deduction types that often spike when pricing changes are made in a rush. We help clients catch silent margin leaks that would otherwise go unnoticed for months.
Because the truth is, you deserve to focus on big things—like navigating global shifts, but that doesn’t mean small losses should be allowed to run wild in the background.
With the right support, you can do both.
Big moves shouldn’t mean small losses.
If your team is deep in tariff updates, don’t forget to guard the back door. Let your deduction data tell you what’s being missed—before it becomes a costly surprise.
