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Mayank Mohanka

ARTICLES BY MAYANK MOHANKA

According to Sebi's order, Jane Street executed a clever but deceptive playbook. Image: Pixabay

Jane Street saga: Lessons for Dalal Street and Parliament Street

3 min read . 08 Jul 2025

Under GST, loose popcorn is taxed lower than packaged or flavoured popcorn. (Pexel)

Packaged, preserved, and pushed into higher GST slabs

2 min read . 30 Jun 2025

The TDS rate on rent paid was reduced to 2% from 5% with effect from 1 October 2024, a change that many tenants may have missed.

Getting a refund of excess TDS deposited by tenants is harder than it should be

4 min read . 21 May 2025

New ITR forms reflect Budget tweaks, tighten reporting norms on gains, tax breaks, and TDS claims. (Image: Pixabay)

ITR filing for FY 2024-25: What has changed and what you need to know

4 min read . 06 May 2025

Strange and overreaching assessment queries in the 2025 tax notices indicate that assessing authorities could possibly be using generative AI/ChatGPT.

Faceless tax assessments are a game changer. But there is scope for improvement.

3 min read . 14 Apr 2025

The highlight of the Budget was that the aspirations of the middle-class, finally got an earnest ear. (Image: Pixabay)

All income groups got a little something from the Budget

4 min read . 04 Feb 2025

The PAN 2.0 project will enable the use of PAN as a common identifier for the digital systems of specified government agencies. (Reuters)

How integrating PAN 2.0 with Aadhaar, ‘e-Rupee’ can streamline investments, KYC

4 min read . 17 Dec 2024

There are 580,000 income tax appeals pending before the commissioner (appeals) for disposal.

Why you haven't received your income tax refund

3 min read . 04 Dec 2024

Salaried taxpayers can now claim the benefit of offsetting the TCS on their foreign tour packages and foreign remittances under the LRS against the TDS on their salary.

How salaried taxpayers can increase their take-home pay after this rule change

3 min read . 20 Oct 2024

The Budget has proposed reducing the LTCG tax rate from 20% to 12.5%, while removing the existing indexation benefit under Section 48 of the Income Tax Act.

How the Budget affects your LTCG tax on immovable property

1 min read . 25 Jul 2024

The faulty tax return filing utility is not allowing the otherwise lawful rebate on the STCG income from equity shares. (Image: Pixabay)

ITR utility glitch: Are assessees with income up to ₹7 lakh forced to pay tax?

3 min read . 21 Jul 2024

Fair and equitable family arrangement, even in the absence of any legal claims, is final and binding on the parties to the settlement.

Godrej family settlement agreement: Lessons to learn to save disputes and taxes

3 min read . 08 May 2024

For shareholders qualifying as NRI, dividend income is taxable at the rate of 20% plus applicable surcharge and 4% health and education cess (maximum marginal rate of 28.5%) on a gross basis

A need to address interest and dividend income mismatch issue

3 min read . 04 Mar 2024

SBI has also been directed to disclose details of each electoral bond encashed by political parties.

Electoral bonds: What SC verdict means for taxes

3 min read . 18 Feb 2024

Applicability of the tax on buyback of shares is one of the important aspects.

Tax perspective of direct listing of firms on GIFT IFSC

3 min read . 04 Feb 2024

In the personal taxation domain, the government wants more and more taxpayers to switch to the new regime.

Union budget 2024: A wishlist of the middle class

3 min read . 31 Jan 2024

The Constitution contains important provisions impacting our tax-related rights and obligations, the knowledge and awareness of which can help us significantly in our tax matters. (Image source: Pixabay)

Republic Day: How the Constitution influences your tax rights

2 min read . 26 Jan 2024

Under the e-verification scheme, the tax department is issuing notices to employers to verify discrepancies in TDS deducted by them on the salaries of respective employees based on the apparent incorrect HRA declarations by the employees. (Image: Pixabay)

How to deal with AI & ML generated tax notices: A human perspective

3 min read . 28 Dec 2023

One of the major highlights of the joint declaration is the G20’s call for the implementation of the CARF. (iStockphoto)

What G20 decided on crypto and foreign assets

3 min read . 11 Sep 2023

New CBDT instruction permits tax reassessments pursuant to I-T searches. (iStock)

New CBDT rule on I-T raids opens a pandora’s box

3 min read . 03 Sep 2023