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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
War Tax Resistance and Me
by Aaron Falbel In December of 1990, I became a war tax resister. Shortly before the Persian Gulf War (#1), I attended a peace rally on the Boston Common. Despite the impassioned speeches given by Howard Zinn, Daniel Ellsberg, and...Continue reading→
Richard Loerky
April 14, 2003 Dear IRS, I agree 100% with our President Select, George W. Bush, that anyone who finances terrorist acts is just as guilty as the perpetrators. With this in mind, I conscientiously object to paying 50% of the...Continue reading→
Mike & Carrie Koplinka-Loehr
The Internal Revenue Service C/o Andover Mass. Service Center 05501-0102 Copies to: Sen. Hillary R. Clinton Sen.Charles Schumer Rep. Maurice Hinchey April 11, 2003 Dear relevant representatives of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Please be advised that we are paying...Continue reading→
Mary Ann C. Holtz (2003)
April 6, 2003 To the people working for the IRS: Regarding my 1040 for 2002, This is my annual letter of conscience. This year I am writing during the season of Lent and this terrible season of war. My hope...Continue reading→
Upcoming Events
Register here for our Social Hour on Zoom at 6p Eastern (Sun August 17, 2025)
WTR 101 with General Strike U.S., Thur. July 24 at 7p Eastern. Click here to join when the event begins.
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.
Contact NWTRCC
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC)
P.O. Box 5616
Milwaukee, WI 53205
(262) 399-8217
(800) 269-7464
National Affiliates
Community Peacemaker Teams, Center on Conscience & War, Choose Democracy, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Mennonite Central Committee, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Nonviolence International, Sojourners, War Resisters League, War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund