51.   Bellows filed documents last week outlining evidence the government has collected against Hanssen.

52.   Communist and opposition leader V.S. Achutanandan said the government had collected only two-thirds of the taxes and accused it of extending patronage to big traders.

53.   Currently, the government collects the figures indirectly, primarily from banks and ministries.

54.   Economic growth is one of the most important factors in estimating the size of the surplus because it directly affects the revenue the government collects.

55.   Finance Minister Alexander Livshits told parliament the government was collecting more tax money this month and overall revenues were rising.

56.   Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov also sounded pessimistic, saying the sharp drop in imports would make it harder for the government to collect the planned amount of taxes.

57.   Huang noted that the low official price within Russia holds down the amount of tax the government collects, since the tax is a percentage of sales.

58.   --Made it easier for governments to collect back taxes from bankrupt debtors.

59.   Millions of people in most former Soviet republics are being paid months late because governments cannot collect enough taxes to cover even basic expenses.

60.   North Koreans boast that their government does not collect taxes.