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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.
Upcoming Events
- War Tax Resistance 101 on Zoom (Thursday August 27 at 8p Eastern). Register here.
- W4 Resistance Workshop: Stopping Federal Income Tax Withholding (Tuesday, September 9 at 5p Central) in Madison, Wisconsin at Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room 101. Sponsored by the World Beyond War – War Tax Resistance Work Group.
- National War Tax Resistance Conference in Las Vegas (November 6-8, 2026). More info 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
Anyone can file the Peace Tax Return — whether you are low income, high income, protesting, resisting, or refusing.
Recent Blog Posts
Individual Choices and Movement Building: Shall the Twain Meet?
War tax resisters do not tend toward weeping over the latest news that the IRS budget is declining, that it is short staffed and has lots more work to do thanks to the Affordable Care Act. As a resister with...Continue reading→
Dear IRS, Dear Congress, Dear Military-Industrial Complex – Call for Submissions
Do you: Write to the IRS about war tax resistance? Send letters to your congressperson? Enclose a letter when you redirect resisted war taxes, explaining where the money comes from? Write to any other entities or people about war tax...Continue reading→
Holiday Notes
We’ll take a blog break next week and come back with a post on January 7. In the meantime, I wanted to draw your attention toward some war resistance and war tax resistance thoughts: This Christmas marks the 100th anniversary...Continue reading→
Will I Get Audited?
In meeting with a new war tax resister recently, his first questions were about what will happen when he refuses to pay. “I expect an agent will come to my door, and I’ll be audited,” he said. There was a...Continue reading→