A form which calculates an individual’s “income tax body count”, or the total number of war-related deaths they have caused through their income tax contributions to the U.S. government.

Minimum and maximum deaths per year methodology: Deaths from conflicts involving the U.S. military are totalled for every year between 2001 and 2025. If a conflict spans multiple years, its death total is counted by averaging deaths/year. Each conflict has an estimated minimum and maximum death total based on available data. Maximum death estimates include an estimate of indirect as well as direct deaths, using a ratio of 4 indirect deaths for every direct death (see “How Death Outlives War” for more on calculating indirect death totals from conflicts).

Deaths per dollar methodology: An individual’s death contribution is calculated in 3 steps for each year.

  1. Calculate the total contribution of all income tax to defense spending: DefenseIncomeTaxRevenue = (IncomeTaxRevenue / TotalRevenue) * DefenseSpending
  2. Calculate minimum and maximum deaths/dollar: MaxDeathsPerDollar = MaxDeaths / DefenseIncomeTaxRevenue
  3. Calculate an individual’s body count: BodyCount = IndividualIncomeTaxContribution * MaxDeathsPerDollar

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