SINGAPORE – More than 1.5 million eligible Singaporean adults will receive up to $850 cash via the GST Voucher scheme and about 690,000 seniors will receive up to $450 in MediSave top-ups in August.

They will receive $850 in cash if they are 21 or older in 2025, have an assessable income of up to $39,000 in the latest assessment year, and own at most one property whose annual value is up to $21,000 in 2024.

Those with the same age and income criteria as above but whose property’s annual value is over $21,000 but no more than $31,000 will get $450 instead.

Singaporeans who own more than one property are not eligible for the payout.

Eligible recipients will automatically receive their payments via PayNow from Aug 6 if they have previously linked their NRIC to PayNow via their bank, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said in a release on July 7.

Those who opted for Giro will receive their payments from Aug 15 , while those who chose GovCash will get theirs from Aug 22 .

They will also be notified via SMS after the benefits have been credited. Those who do not have a SingPass-registered mobile number will be informed through a letter sent to the address on their identity card.

The permanent GST Voucher scheme was introduced by the Government in 2012 to help lower- and middle-income Singaporeans offset some of their GST expenses.

The ministry said the assessable income threshold for this round of cash payouts was raised from $34,000 to $39,000 from August to maintain the coverage of the scheme, given that the incomes of these Singaporeans have improved.

For the MediSave top-ups, the amount to be credited depends on the age of the person and the annual value of theirs property.

The highest amount of $450 will be credited to those aged 85 or older in 2025 who own at most one property with an annual value of up to $21,000 in 2024.

The top-ups will be automatically credited into their CPF MediSave accounts from Aug 11.

MOF said: “A total of $1.5 billion will be disbursed under the GSTV – Cash and GSTV – MediSave schemes, as part of the permanent GST Voucher scheme this year. This is on top of the other support that Singaporeans will receive in Financial Year 2025.”

The ministry added that the SMS notification from “gov.sg” will inform Singaporeans only of their benefits. They will not be asked to reply to the message, click any links or provide any information to the sender.

Government officials will also never ask anyone to transfer money or reveal bank log-in details over the phone, MOF said.

In February, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong

unveiled a record $143.1 billion Budget

that includes SG60 vouchers and a new round of CDC vouchers.

He also said that he expected a surplus of $6.8 billion, or 0.9 per cent of GDP, for the 2025 financial year.

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