Letters

April 11, 2011 Internal Revenue Service P.O. Box 37008 Hartford, CT 06178-0008 Re: Seth Berner, 2011 Form 1040 Dear People: When George Bush took the White House he inherited a budget surplus and relative peace in the world. Eight years later this country had the biggest deficit on record, the greatest degree of public unrest and uncertainty… Continue reading

April 3, 2011 Dear IRS Personnel: I am thankful to live in a country that allows freedom of speech. For years I have been exercising my right of free speech by protesting the United States’ aggressive militarism. However, it seems that my voice and the voices of so many others who abhor war have gone… Continue reading

March 30, 2011 Dear Friends at the IRS: As we approach April 15 and are again asked to contribute close to half of our tax dollars for the military and wars – past, present and future – we have to ask ourselves whether this is really how we want to spend our hard earned money. Our… Continue reading

August 17, 2010 Dear Internal Revenue Service, I am writing in response to a tax return overdue notice sent to me on May 24, 2010, regarding my “US Individual Income Tax Return” for the tax period of “12-31-2008.” It is my intention to decline to submit a tax return for the aforementioned tax period, or… Continue reading

April 18, 2010 Dear IRS employee: IRS rules indicate that we owe the IRS $573. Tax receipts extorted by the IRS from the American people under violence and/or threat of violence are used by the U.S. government and its armed death forces to pay interest on the debt incurred to wage wars of aggression for the benefit… Continue reading

April 14, 2010 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Center Atlanta, Ga 39901-0102 To Whom it May Concern: My wife and I are filing our form 1040 but cannot in good conscience comply with the payment instructions. We were both raised Quaker (The Religious Society of Friends), one of the three traditional Peace Churches,… Continue reading

April 5, 2010 Dear Friends at the IRS: As we approach April 15 and are again asked to contribute close to half of our tax dollars for the military and wars – past, present and future – we have to ask ourselves whether this is really how we want to spend our hard earned money…. Continue reading

Miriam Copp 6117 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19114 April 15, 2008 Internal Revenue Service P.O. Box 37008 Hartford, CT 06176 To the Internal Revenue Service As a conscientious objector to war, I will not pay my 2007 income taxes. I believe war is wrong and therefore I cannot pay for it. There are other ways… Continue reading

April 14, 2008 Internal Revenue Service cc: Congressman Raul Grijalva; Senator John McCain; Senator Jon Kyl; Senator Barrack Obama; Senator Hillary Clinton; (P)resident George W. Bush; Alan Gamble, Executive Director, Peace Tax Foundation Dear Sir or Madam, As calculated on the enclosed 1040 form, I am liable from tax year 2007 for 1,923 dollars in… Continue reading

April 14, 2008 Internal Revenue Service P.O. Box 37008 Hartford, CT 06176 To the Internal Revenue Service: In the attached 1040, you will notice that the amount indicated on line 75 is less than the total required by the federal government. This discrepancy is intentional, as my conscience and religious faith have spurred me to… Continue reading

March 19, 2008 To the people working in the IRS, to President Bush, to Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez, and to Congressman C.W. Bill Young: This is my annual letter of conscience and plea to my government to begin to respect the consciences and religious freedom of those of us who are opposed to… Continue reading

Easter Season 2007 TO WHOM IT SHOULD CONCERN: Once again I am paying my Federal Income Tax under protest, grieving that the major portion pays for war and military endeavors. I contend that supporting violent solutions to world problems does not lead to peace and is contrary to my understanding of God’s will for our… Continue reading