National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

NWTRCC News

Tax Resister Sentenced
to 1 Year in Prison

Some 40 to 50 people rallied in Bang­or, Maine, in support of war tax resister Frank Donnelly on June 14, 2010. Donnelly, who had pled guilty in 2009 to tax fraud, appear­ed in court and was sen­tenced to one year and one day in prison. He will begin serving the sentence in late July, 2010. Frank Donnelly is not a typical war tax resister . . . Read more . . .


“If a thousand [people] were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.”

—Henry David Thoreau, 1848

Our New Look!

Welcome to the new National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee website, launched in late July 2010. We hope you find this new website easy to navigate and that you'll be able to find all the information you are looking for. We're still working out the kinks, so please email us if you run into broken links or missing pages—or email us just to let us know what you think about the new site. Most of the work on creating this new website was done by volunteers—and it was a huge job! We're not an organization with a big national office and lots of staff, so most everything that happens with NWTRCC has great volunteers pushing it along. Thanks to Shane, Dave, Ruth, Rick, Ed, and Peter for all their help with this website! We welcome your ideas and help in any aspect of our work and in letting folks know about the possibility of refusing to pay for war.

Our Money, Our Choice

Today we witness wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so bloody and with purposes so obtuse that the generals and politicians can't agree about what the U.S. is accomplishing there. We can see that these wars are killing thousands of civilians and soldiers and draining the U.S. government's coffers while making the corporate profiteers rich. This has been a familiar story since WWII. It was in 1961 that former President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the potential abuse of power of a military-industrial complex. U.S. military spending has remained at war spending levels for decades, some during active wars, some in times of relative peace. Elected officials insist on funding wasteful weapons and wars, individuals must make their own choices about how they want their tax dollars used. War tax resistance is a powerful way to resist the state and oppose its harmful actions. Conscientiously resisting taxes is a solid step towards refusing to be a part of the destruction. NWTRCC was founded in 1982 to provide resources and a network of support for groups and individuals who are actively doing what it takes to stop their money from going to war and to let others know about this form of resistance. If you don't find the information you need on our website, please contact us with your questions.