Workshop urges evasion
to cut back military funds
By STEVEN KNIGHT
Of the Emerald
Eugene residents concerned about the nu
clear weapons buildup should withhold the por
tion of their income tax that goes to the military
budget.
That was the message delivered at a
University tax-resistance workshop Thursday
night.
Charles Gray, representative of First Step, an
organization opposed to nuclear armament, said
approximately 56 percent of federal income tax
goes to the military.
And most of that money funds the production
of first-strike nuclear weapons, he said.
The Pentagon’s rush to develop first-strike
weapons such as the MX missile. Trident
submarine and cruise missile, is thrusting the
world into an incredibly dangerous era, Gray said
First-strike weapons systems will undermine
the mutual-deterrent concept that has governed
military relations between the superpowers for the
past two decades, he said.
“There is no security in the deterrent concept
anymore,” Gray said.
So taxpayers should protest the threat of a
nuclear war by refusing to voluntarily pay for
nuclear weapons, Gray said.
For most of the workshop, Gray explained
how to avoid paying either income taxes and
minimizing the risk of being prosecuted by the
Internal Revenue Service.
Gray said he resisted taxes first 14 years ago
when he refused to pay a telephone excise tax.
This tax was implemented in the late 1960s to
finance the Vietnam war effort, he said.
The IRS has never attempted to collect his
phone tax bill, Gray said. He said he believes the
IRS doesn’t try to collect unpaid phone tax bills
because only a small amount of money is in
volved.
Workshop guest speaker James Campbell
said in 1977 he filed for war-crime deductions and
took his case to tax court. He said the 1926 Pact of
Paris stated that “war will never be an instrument
of national policy” and used that as a
defense in court.
Although Campbell said the defense was
ruled invalid, the IRS has not yet attempted to
collect from him.
Other tax resistance strategies discussed at
the workshop included:
• Filing for a refund. When your taxes have
been paid, file IRS form 843 claiming a refund “for
taxes illegally collected.” You must include your
reasons for wanting a refund.
• Paying under protest. With your tax return
send a letter stating your are paying under pro
test. Publicize your position as much as possible.
• Filing a blank return. Submit a 1040 with
name, address and your signature. The IRS can
try and set a figure and collect.
• Changing the spelling of your name or
adding a middle initial. This action, according to
Gray, helps foul up the IRS's computer.
• Living below a taxable income level.
Campbell said a taxpayer who tries to con
ceal information about his income might join the
2,781 people who have been jailed since 1977 for
tax fraud.
Fraudulent intent can be avoided by always
stating fully on the tax form why you are not
paying a portion of your taxes, he said.
While Campbell concedes there is no ab
solutely legal way to avoid paying taxes to the
Pentagon, he has confidence that Sen. Mark
Hatfield’s “perennially pending’’ World Peace
Tax Fund will be enacted soon. This legislation
would give people opposed to military funding an
option to put their taxes directly into domestic,
non-military programs.
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