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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
Funding a Livable Future
By Sue Barnhart We woke up to black smoky air the day after Labor Day 2020. It was challenging to breathe outside, even with a N95 mask. We could not see the sun. The air quality index was over 500—...Continue reading→
Letter to IRS: Former State Department Worker Refuses to Pay for Killing Civilians
Dear friends at the IRS, I am withholding 20% of my taxes this year as I cannot morally or legally support the U.S. military’s indiscriminate killing of many thousands of innocent civilians, including several U.S. citizens, in recent years. The...Continue reading→
War Tax Resistance, Self-Employment, and Health Insurance
By Ilene Roizman – December 2020 Decisions, Decisions It’s a thorny problem when the complications of obtaining health insurance intersect with the desire to remain a nonfiling tax resister. This is exactly where I found myself when my luck ran...Continue reading→
Taxes, Relationships, and Competing Priorities
By Lindsey Britt – October 2021 Since I began thinking about war tax resistance I’ve been struggling with the desire to reduce my income to avoid paying taxes for things I find abhorrent and, simultaneously, wanting to transfer more of...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.
