National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

NWTRCC News

Attention Teachers!

If you teach Thoreau or want to in­spire class­room dis­cus­sions about the change pos­sible through non­violent ac­tion and civil dis­obe­di­ence, con­sider using NWTRCC’s new teach­ing packet. Click here for more in­for­ma­tion about NWTRCC’s new study guide and kit, “Thoreau and His Heirs.”

Fall Events

Join war tax re­sist­ers in DC, Boston, Ten­nes­see, Georgia — and at local actions. More info…

WTRs Report to Prison

Read about the case of Car­los Stew­ard, who headed to Fed­eral Prison Camp on Au­gust 6, 2010. His ad­dress is at the end of the ar­ti­cle.

On July 26, Frank Don­nel­ly re­ported to fed­eral prison to begin serv­ing a year sen­tence for char­ges re­lated to his re­fusal to pay for war.… Read more …

 

Publications

Many of the pamphlets, booklets, and brochures can be read online or downloaded; links appear in the item description. They can also be ordered in printed form from the NWTRCC office by using the PayPal shopping cart or printing out an order form and mailing in a check with your order. Call (1-800-269-7464) or email the NWTRCC office for bulk orders that don't fit the options below. Shipping costs in the shopping cart are based on a percentage of total order cost; with the new website we have tried to adjust this to make the costs as accurate as possible. Most orders are shipped by US Postal Service priority mail.

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Practical War Tax Resistance Series

Practical War Tax Resistance #1 • 75¢ each
Controlling Federal Tax Withholding Explains whys, hows, and possible consequences of “W-4 Resistance” for people who have federal income tax withheld from wages. Read Text Version or download PDF

Practical War Tax Resistance #2 • 75¢ each
To File Or Not To File An Income Tax Return Explores the philosophical and practical pros and cons about filing or not filing an income tax return. Read Text Version

Practical War Tax Resistance #3 • 75¢ each
How To Resist Collection, Or Make the Most Of Collection When It Occurs Covers the IRS collection process, preparing for the possibility of collection, preventing collection, and using the opportunity of collection to witness to one’s convictions. Read Text Version or download PDF

Practical War Tax Resistance #4 • $1 each
Self-Employment—An Effective Path For War Tax Refusal Includes information on IRS regulations concerning self-employment and the possible consequences of WTR for self-employed people; also includes information on common occupational areas for the self-employed. Read Text Version

Practical War Tax Resistance #5 • $1 each
Low Income/Simple Living As War Tax Resistance The whys and hows of reducing one’s income in order to keep money away from the military and to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Tips for filers on taking advantage of IRS deductions and credits to lower taxable income. Suggestions, resources, and stories from war tax resisters about living well on low incomes. Read Text Version or download PDF

Practical War Tax Resistance #6 • $1 each
Organizational War Tax Resistance, Employers, Contractors, and Financial Institutions An overview of issues and solutions for individuals and institutions. Read Text Version
Practical War Tax Resistance #7 • $1 each
Healthy, ‘Wealthy,’ and Wise: Aging and War Tax Resistance Includes tips for health care on a tight budget; money issues including social security, inheritances, trusts; and stories from three WTRs over 65. Read Text Version or download PDF

Books and Booklets

War Tax Resistance: A Guide to Withholding Your Support from the Military (Fifth Edition, March 2003, includes Feb. 2010 insert with updates) • $15 each The most comprehensive guide to WTR, including philosophical and political questions, information on the federal budget, the history of WTR, personal WTR stories, methods, consequences, international WTR, WTR organizing, and more. If you already own the book, click here for the 2010 update (PDF).

War Tax Resisters and the Internal Revenue Service • $2.50 each An outline of IRS practice and procedure specific to war tax resistance, including legal resources. 50 pages, 8½" x 11" booklet

Peace and Taxes, God and Country: A Guide for Seeking Clearness on War Tax Concerns • $1.50 A resource intended for Quaker meetings, but adaptable to other groups wishing to help war tax resisters clarify their decision-making.
30 pages, 5½" x 8½" booklet

Handbook on Military Taxes & Conscience • $ 3.00 1988 book (222 pages) covers basic wtr and Quaker/religious aspects. Edited by Linda B. Coffin for the Freinds Committee on War Tax Concerns.

War Tax Resistance at a Glance • $1.50 Concise answers to frequently asked questions about WTR, updated in March 2004. This is also available for free download in Acrobat PDF (File size about 253kB).

From the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Essay Series:

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience • $2.00 each Henry David Thoreau's famous 1849 essay about being jailed for refusing to pay a poll tax that supported slavery and the Mexican-American War.

Some Writings on War Tax Resistance • $2.00 each Nice collection of short pieces — stories, poems, letters. Includes Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, Juanita Nelson's classic essay "A Matter of Freedom."

Brochures

1-25 free for distribution

What Is NWTRCC? • Free; bulk rates 25+ Describes the history, structure, and services provided by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, which was founded in 1982 as a clearinghouse of information about war tax resistance. The brochure text is also on the What Is NWTRCC page on this website.

Why and How to Refuse to Pay for War • 20¢ each An introductory pamphlet on the motivations of resisters, as well as methods and the consequences of refusing to pay taxes for war, which include letters from the IRS, salary & bank account levies but rarely anything else. Free download in Acrobat PDF.

Refusing the Federal Telephone Tax • 20¢ each Explains history of telephone war tax resistance with details on how and why we resist and redirect this federal tax. This is also available for free download in Acrobat PDF.

Creating a Nonviolent World Through War Tax Resistance • 15¢ each Connects issues and suggests war tax resistance as one way to work toward a world without violence.

Are You Praying for Peace But Still Paying for War? A Christian Perspective • 20¢ each Looks at war tax resistance as a Christian witness and tradition and suggests other material to read. Free download in Acrobat PDF.

Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes • 10¢ each War Resisters League pie chart flyer based on the federal budget. Updated annually. Click here to read or download. For quantities above 200, please order from WRL.

Why Isn't Everyone Who's for Peace a War Tax Resister? Answers to Common Questions • 20¢ each Covers frequently asked questions. Designed for outreach in peace community to people who have heard of war tax resistance. This is also available for free download in Acrobat PDF (241kB)

Peace Tax Return • 25¢ each Anyone can use the Peace Tax Return to protest war taxes each year on or before April 15. Section I is for people who may not owe taxes or are not refusing. Section II is for people who are refusing some or all of their federal income or excise taxes. Click here to read or download

Resource Packets

War Tax Alternative Fund Resource Packet • $1.00 Material on how to start and maintain an alternative fund or escrow account

Employer's Worksheet for Developing A Policy on War Tax Resistance • $1.00 To assist employers in drafting a policy related to war tax resistance.

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