Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

The U.S. Justice Department, Tax Division, filed a civil lawsuit against Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in July 2003. The suit seeks to enforce an Internal Revenue Service levy ordering PYM to garnish the wages of an employee who is a war tax resister. PYM has refused to honor the levy. PYM has a policy stating that conscientious objection to paying taxes for military purposes is an appropriate individual expression of the Friends Peace Testimony and that it would be wrong for PYM to act in a manner which results in the violation of an employee’s conscience in such a matter. The lawsuit seeks more than $40,000 from PYM, plus a 50 percent penalty.

As the court case proceeds, relevant documents will be posted here.