81.   On the revenue side, state officials have twice this year revised upwards tax collections they anticipated for the current fiscal year.

82.   One consolation of the lower GDP is that it will improve the picture for tax collection as a percentage of GDP.

83.   One reason the government is having trouble paying for itself is poor tax collection.

84.   Payments on the loan have been suspended at times because of complaints that the government has not committed to better tax collection and other economic reforms.

85.   Penalties will no longer be counted as tax collections to remove any incentive that may exist to pile up overdue tax penalties to raise collection totals.

86.   People have to have places to work and do business, not to mention tax collections to take some of the heat off homeowners.

87.   Property values and real estate tax collections have increased sharply.

88.   Prime Minister Zhu Rongji argued that it was necessary to reverse the drastic drop in tax collection as the government undertakes a huge spending program to encourage economic growth.

89.   Research shows that when and where elections were held, tax collection improved, birth rates fell, and crime and corruption declined.

90.   Russia acknowledges problems with its tax collection system.