War Tax Resistance (WTR) can look a variety of ways. Each method carries its own risk level and different methods make sense for different people. Please visit the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (nwtrcc.org) for a more comprehensive discussion of strategies, risks, and history of WTR.

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1. Write a letter to the IRS accompanying your tax return, expressing your protest.
   
   
2. Pay your taxes in coins.
   
   
3. Earn less than the taxable income. Some people live purposefully below the taxable income or make wages under the table so as to not owe income taxes at all.
   
   
4. Increase your W-4 deductions. For salaried employees, increasing deductions is a way to ensure you owe more in taxes come April and thus are able to withhold your desired amount at that time.
   
   
5. File a return while refusing to pay a portion of taxes. Filing a tax return even if withholding your taxes can be a smart choice. While there is a 10-year statute of limitations on collecting back taxes for returns filed, there is no statute of limitations for returns that were not filed. Some choose to withhold the same percentage of their owed taxes as the government allocates to military spending. Some withhold 100%. Some choose to file their tax return with a letter explaining their protest.