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Who We Are
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a coalition of local, regional, and national groups and individuals from across the United States. For everyone interested in or actively refusing to pay taxes for war, NWTRCC offers information, referral, support, resources, publicity, campaign sponsorship, and connection to an international network of conscientious objectors to war taxes.
Recent Blog Posts
Elizabeth Boardman
To my federal legislators and my local paper Re War tax resistance Dear Friends, Today I have filed my IRS 1040. I have not included a check for the amount I still owe for 2014, about half of my total...Continue reading→
Jason Mizula
The following is the letter I mailed to the IRS a few days before tax day about my reasons for not paying federal income tax. This is the first year since leaving the military that I have had taxable income, otherwise I...Continue reading→
Kevin Martonick (2015)
Dear IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, On this tax day I am thinking a lot about how about half of our taxes goes toward military spending. Actually, it is something on my mind quite often throughout the year. In the same...Continue reading→
David and Jan Hartsough (2015)
Dear Friends at the IRS, We cannot in conscience pay for the killing of other human beings or pay for war and preparations for war. Human life is too precious to drop bombs on people because we do not like...Continue reading→
Upcoming Events
National War Tax Resistance conference in Worcester, Massachusetts, November 7-9, 2025 (Register here)
War Tax Resistance 101 (in person) in Portland, Oregon, Saturday November 8, 4-5:30p at St. Andrew Catholic Church. Sponsored by Oregon Community Peace Fund.
War Tax Resistance 101 (on Zoom), Thursday November 20th at 1p Eastern/ 10a Pacific. Register here.
For full list of WTR events, including upcoming local in-person workshops, click here.
New Resources
The new War Tax Resistance Guidebook was published in March 2025. Order your copy here!
National Tax Strike launched by Choose Democracy
Free E-Book, Tax Strike Tactics by David Gross
Anyone can file the Peace Tax Return — whether you are low income, high income, protesting, resisting, or refusing.