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Setting up Individual Taxation Trusts

Our four step process.

If you pay tax, you have a right to challenge where your money goes. You don’t need to break the law to take a stand against what’s happening in Gaza — you just need to harness it. By setting up a Taxation Trust💡you can lawfully withhold tax until there’s unequivocal proof that public money will only be used legally and ethically.

Step One.

The first step in setting up an individual lawful Taxation Trust is to download a copy of the trust deed. Read it carefully and once you understand exactly why it is a serious imprisonable criminal offence to pay taxes to the UK government when you know some of your money will be used for purposes of war, mass murder, terrorism, crimes against humanity, and genocide — including complicity in other states’ genocides — you are ready to engage in lawful tax retention. 

Next complete your Declaration and Deed of Taxation Trust by filling in your name, address, and postcode and the Trust termination date. This can be between one  month and 12 months ahead but should not be longer than a year. Most taxpayers opt for their Trust to be operational until the last day of the current tax year — 5 April.

Arrange for a friend, colleague or an acquaintance — but not a family member — to witness you signing and dating the document.  It is the signing, dating and witnessing of the Declaration of Sovereignty and Deed of Taxation Trust and withdrawal of consent to mandatory taxation that forms the individual’s entirely lawful Taxation Trust. 

By signing the Trust Deed and withdrawing your consent to mandatory taxation you are also confirming your individual sovereignty. From now on you are sovereign in Britain. You are in total charge of your financial and tax affairs and you decide how to spend your money. It is not Parliament, the King, HM Government, HMRC, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or your local council that is sovereign: It is you!  

Step Two.

When you have completed your Trust Deed, you as Settlor must ‘settle’ the money into the Trust and pay your alleged tax debt to your Trustee (you). To do this lawfully, the money must be paid into a separate Trust account, labelled with your name plus the word ‘trustee’ in brackets — for example, ‘John Doe (Trustee)’. This makes it clear the account belongs to you in your role as trustee (a totally separate legal role), and not to you as you. When the termination date of the Trust arrives — 5 April, or whatever you’ve chosen — you must take out the funds as Trustee and then pay them into your regular bank account. 

Some people prefer to hold the tax money as cash, a post-dated cheque, a promissory note, or a combination of all three. If you have paid money into your Trust as a promissory note or cheque then ensure it is made out to you as Trustee or to the named Trust. You can also keep your payments separate from your normal money by placing them in a strong box or folder in a safe place together with the original copy of your Declaration and Deed of Taxation Trust. If so, it must be labelled ‘trust assets — property of my trustee’.  

Another option is for your trustee to purchase silver, gold, other metals or valuables and arrange for these to be held in trust by a reputable bullion company. Your trustee — you — can then sell these resources and convert them to cash and/or pass them back to you when the Trust is terminated. Keep written records of all transactions made with a bullion company. 

The rules on co-mingling trust money or assets with your own or others’ money or assets are strict. If you don’t separate the money correctly tax collectors such as HMRC may act unlawfully and attempt to prosecute you for co-mingling assets and seek a conviction for fraud or tax evasion.

Step Three.

Once you have set up your trust, you must inform each of your alleged creditors (for example, HMRC, your local authority, the DVLA, energy companies, etc) that you’ve done so. Send them a letter and a copy of the completed Trust Deed (never send the original). Because they are the Primary Beneficiaries of the Trust they must be told that:

  • The conditions they have to meet to receive your tax payment
  • You have paid your taxes into a Conditional Trust
  • Your trustee will pay your alleged debts to each of the creditors as soon as HM Government proves none of your money will be used for unlawful, illegal, or criminal purposes and all of it will be used for lawful purposes in full accord with the domestic and international laws of war and peace and your wishes.  

Step Four.

When your Taxation Trust terminates — usually 5 April, the end of the tax year — your Trustee (you) needs to confirm whether or not the Primary Beneficiaries (the government, in various forms) has met all the trust’s conditions. In the unlikely event that the wars and killings have stopped, the Trustee (you) must apportion and send money to each creditor (HMRC, local authority, etc). If the conditions have not been met, the Trustee (you) writes to each Primary Beneficiary informing them that the Trust is now terminated as they failed to meet its conditions and their rights to the money are rescinded on the grounds that it would have been used for criminal purposes of mass murder, terrorism, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The Trustee (you) then withdraws the money from the ring-fenced account and transfers it to the Secondary Beneficiary (you). 

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Individual Taxation Trust Guide

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Placing your home in a separate trust

Creating a distinct legal trust specifically for your primary residence. This ensures that your home is no longer legally “owned” by you as an individual, but held in trust for your benefit. Doing so may offer protection against enforcement action by councils or creditors, especially if you are challenging council tax or other state demands. It is a precautionary step to reduce the risk of property seizure or legal intimidation. Legal advice is recommended before proceeding.

Definition: Trusts

A trust is a legal tool that ring-fences your money until certain conditions are met. The Make War History Taxation Trust is a conditional, revocable trust to withhold tax until it’s proven it won’t be used unlawfully — for example, to fund war. 

Definition: Promissory Note

A Promissory Note is a legally binding promise to pay — but only once the trust’s conditions are met. It shows you’re not refusing to pay tax outright, just demanding it be used lawfully. This adds weight to your position and ensures the legal system recognises your intent.