Word: collected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delay has already forced the city to borrow money until it can collect its spring tax bills...
...Finally, what really qualified these fans as the best, besides their maniacal support for their team, was their sportsmanship. The Badger band applauded its Crimson counterpart's mournful rendition of "Fair Harvard" in the waning minutes of the final. And as the Harvard skaters crossed center ice to collect their individual awards as runners-up, the Wisconsin fans clapped for each one, saving especially strong cheers for Coach Bill Cleary and Hobey Baker Award winner Mark Fusco...
...most striking failures has been its inability to collect the $27 billion known to be owed in back taxes. Starting May 9, every overdue account will be fed into a computer that can also work a telephone. If the tardy taxpayer does not answer, the computer will hang up and call again in half an hour. It will continue this all day, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and also Saturday mornings. When the delinquent finally answers, the computer will switch the call to a Treasury agent, and at the same time the agent's video...
...Louis, heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949, frittered away most of his $4.6 million earnings, then was hit in 1956 for back taxes, penalties and interest totaling more than $1 million. The IRS was able to collect only a fraction of the amount before quietly abandoning the effort...
Soon people across the country were plotting other short trips to earn free rides. Several Californians even paid $150 apiece, plus carfare to and from airports, and spent a day flying from Sacramento (A) to San Francisco (B) to Phoenix (C) to collect free passes to New York City. That seems excessive when some airlines still offer a $198 round-trip coast-to-coast fare and passengers do not have to fly anywhere else to qualify. Republic officials are not sure what all of this is going to cost, but they think it was worth it. Says Spokesman Redmond Tyler...