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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 July 23 at 8p Eastern). Register here.
- War Tax Resistance Films – Showing in Portland, Oregon (Tue. June 23 @ 5p) at Albina Library, 255 NE Russell St: Free showings of 2 documentaries: “Death and Taxes” and “An Act of Conscience”; Discussion will follow each film. For more information, contact https://www.instagram.com/ocpeacefund/
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
Breaking from Compliance
By Ilene Roizman A year ago, committing to tax resistance felt like jumping off a cliff. There had been a three-year period a few years prior when circumstances allowed me to work so little I wasn’t required to file, and...Continue reading→
Jan Passion 2018
16 April 2018 Dear good people at the IRS, Enclosed is my 1040-V Payment Voucher for my 2017 taxes. You will find a check in the amount of $1,268 due for self-employment tax (social security tax). You will note that...Continue reading→
David and Jan Hartsough 2018
Dear Friends at the IRS, We are Quakers and 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...Continue reading→
Larry Bassett 2018
US Internal Revenue Service 1101 Court St. Lynchburg VA 24504 Dear Lynchburg IRS staff, I am sorry I have not been in touch with your office much sooner than this in my search for a solution to my federal income tax problem....Continue reading→