Thailand's tax collections fell 29.1 percent ...

Thai women perform streetside as part of a campaign to promote residents to pay tax, organised by the Thai government in Bangkok on March 16, 2009. Thailand's tax collections fell 29.1 percent last month, to 82.43 billion baht (2.3 billion USD), government sources said. Fiscal Policy Office director-general Somchai Sujjapongse said the government had collected 451.52 billion baht (12.54 billion USD) in tax revenue between October and February, the first five months of the fiscal year.