Are you a Smart Taxpayer? Check with this Tax To-Do List

Longer working hours, more travelling time, insufficient work force, exhausting deadlines and so on… There are so many things today’s working professionals endure just to ensure more income and the affordability of a good lifestyle. Each individual works smart and hard to achieve a fatter pay check, more profit on investment and greater savings. However as the financial year end approaches, the income you are left with after paying taxes just does not seem enough.
There are a few reasons for the same, most of them are related to poor tax planning, investment in low yielding policies and schemes, and lack of awareness. It seems that when it comes to tax matters, we are not as smart as we think we are.
Here we bring you a checklist that ensures that you save a little extra with efficient tax planning as well as be a smart and informed taxpayer:

• Align you tax saving investments to your financial goals
• Health is wealth – Invest in your health to enjoy your wealth
• Claim what is rightfully yours
• Income Tax Authorities know it all – report money from everywhere
• The Sooner the Better – File your return early
• If it’s exempt, why hide it?