Thousands Of Overdue Cyprus Tax Cases Expire, Resulting In Millions In Lost Revenue

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

August 11, 2025

Fiscal Oversight Failure Threatens Public Funds

Cyprus is facing a significant loss in tax revenue as thousands of cases fall outside the statutory timeframe for assessment. According to the latest audit service report, the state risks forfeiting millions in unpaid taxes, undermining fiscal discipline and governmental funding.

Expired Assessments Undermine Revenue Collection

The audit revealed that 139,078 individual tax cases from 2014 to 2017 can no longer be assessed or amended due to lapse in the legal timeframe of the superintendent’s jurisdiction. Corporate liabilities are similarly affected, with an additional 6,070 outstanding taxes from the same period rendered unenforceable. This statutory expiry highlights the critical need for timely audits and due diligence in tax administration.

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Widening Gap in Tax Compliance

The report further indicates that numerous taxpayers with taxable income, yet to file their returns, are not factored into current pending tax assessments. This omission compounds the risk of missed revenue, placing additional pressure on fiscal management and policy enforcement.

Declining Trends In Tax Assessments

In a concerted effort to eliminate arrears, the tax department issued 789,519 assessments in 2024, a decrease from 943,413 in 2023 and 905,967 in 2022. Despite these efforts, between 12,254 assessments for the years 2014–2016 issued in 2023 and 11,428 for 2014–2017 issued in 2024 have lapsed under legal constraints. Such delays predominantly affect legal entities, accentuating the need for a streamlined approach to audit and collection practices.

Call For Enhanced Scrutiny And Prompt Action

Critics argue that many assessments from the past two years were imposed without adequate auditing or income adjustments. With high-risk sectors such as construction and land development, along with businesses suffering prolonged losses, under scrutiny, it is imperative that the tax authority re-evaluates its processes. Prioritizing high-risk cases and ensuring assessments occur within the legal timeframe is vital to safeguarding public funds and bolstering fiscal integrity.

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Meta’s Muse Is Outpacing ChatGPT In Early Mobile Adoption, New Data Suggests

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 22, 2026

Meta’s new AI app, Muse, may be emerging as one of the company’s strongest consumer launches to date. Fresh estimates from market intelligence firm Apptopia suggest the app has outperformed ChatGPT in early mobile traction, at least in the U.S. and Canada.

According to Apptopia, Muse recorded more downloads in its first 12 days on the market than ChatGPT did during the comparable period after its mobile debut. The comparison, limited to the U.S. and Canada, puts Muse’s iOS downloads at 1.8 million versus 1.3 million for ChatGPT over the same initial window.

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A Strong Early Start Across Platforms

In total, Muse has reached 2.8 million global installs in its first 12 days, according to the firm. The app’s momentum also appears to be holding. After debuting at No. 2 on the U.S. App Store, Muse has since climbed to No. 1, surpassing ChatGPT, according to reporting from Business Insider. Appfigures had previously estimated that Muse crossed 1 million downloads shortly after launch.

That early rise matters because app-store performance in the first days after launch often signals whether a product can sustain consumer attention beyond initial curiosity. In Meta’s case, the data suggests Muse is not simply benefiting from novelty; it is gaining ground quickly enough to challenge the category leader.

Daily Users Show Similar Momentum

Apptopia’s estimates point to another favorable comparison for Meta: daily usage. In the U.S. alone, Muse is said to have 642,000 daily active users, well above the 231,000 ChatGPT had at the same stage of its mobile rollout.

To make the comparison fairer, Apptopia also narrowed the analysis to iOS only, since ChatGPT launched on iPhone before expanding more broadly. Even under that tighter lens, Muse still comes out ahead, with 359,000 daily active users on iOS compared with ChatGPT’s earlier figure.

Why Meta Has An Advantage

Third-party estimates are not the same as internal company data, and Apptopia cannot see Meta’s proprietary numbers. Still, even directional data suggests Muse may be on track to become a meaningful consumer product for Meta.

That possibility is strengthened by Meta’s distribution advantage. The company has already demonstrated how powerful its ecosystem can be with Threads, which surpassed 500 million users after heavy promotion across Instagram and Facebook. Muse is likely to receive a similar boost, especially because it can connect across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Apptopia does not track Meta’s internal promotion strategy, but its data indicates that more than 95% of Muse users are also Facebook users, while 63% are Instagram users. That overlap underscores how effectively Meta can move users across its products when it chooses to prioritize a launch.

The Strategic Test For Meta

For Meta, the early signal from Muse is less about one app’s download count than about whether the company can turn its scale into durable AI adoption. The first test is attention. The harder one is retention.

If Muse can convert early downloads into habitual use, Meta may have found a new front door into its AI ambitions. If not, the app risks becoming another example of how easily mobile hype can spike before settling back down.

Meta, which was asked for comment, has not yet released public figures on Muse’s early adoption.

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