How this CA revolutionised conventional Tax practice by launching a digital platform for faceless assessments & appeal

• Hi, I am Mayank Mohanka, a Chartered Accountant, Tax Practitioner, and entrepreneur from India. 
• Born and brought up in Delhi, India; after qualifying as a CA I started my career at a well-established business house. 
• In 2020, amid the peak of the corona pandemic…I decided to quit my secure position of 15 years as a Senior Partner and start my own venture.
• Did I have a business plan? Not really but my desire to contribute to India’s progression towards digitalization made me wonder – how income tax and other statutory e-compliances work can be made hassle-free and cost-effective.
• It was then in August 2020, that I launched India’s first digital platform, TaxAaram – a solution for people’s tax-related planning & compliances accessible from the comforts of their home!

Beginning my journey in Taxation and Advisory

In our ‘Marwari’ culture, it is often said that, “Baniyon ki 52 Buddhi hoti hain”, meaning that ‘Aggarwal Baniyas’ (a community in India) have number-crunching in their blood. This, I think is also true in my case, given my fascination with Balance Sheets and numbers.

This fascination led me to pursue B. Com (Hons.) and eventually a Chartered Accountancy course from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

After qualifying as a CA in 2006, I remember getting campus placements calls from a handful of companies but I decided to join an established New Delhi-based business conglomerate.