11.   Last December, the IMF reinstated its loans to Russia after the country made new pledges to improve tax collection and cut government spending.

12.   Nonetheless, the Russian tax plan designed to improve tax collection helped clear the way for the latest IMF funds.

13.   Shokhin said Monday that the government might issue a schedule on Thursday to pay wage arrears and improve tax collection.

14.   She is beginning to settle into a creative new identity and has improved her collection with halter dresses with gathered necklines and simple soft jackets.

15.   That translates into trying to improve collections in a cash economy in which, analysts estimate, only about half the people pay their share of taxes.

16.   The Clinton administration strongly supported the massive bailout on the condition that Moscow put its shaky finances in order by cutting spending and improving tax collection.

17.   The effort to crack down on fare beaters began Monday and is part of a larger effort by the Metro Suburban Train Service to improve fare collections.

18.   The government also vowed to create a new organization aimed at improving tax collection, as well as upgrading its services to taxpayers.

19.   The initial approval for the budget plan comes as the government moves to improve tax collection and narrow the budget deficit.

20.   The IMF said the government must improve tax collections, It opposes a proposed war tax to finance military spending.