{"id":98603,"date":"2026-11-10T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98603"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:12:00","slug":"about-3-million-sporeans-to-receive-100-250-assurance-package-cash-payouts-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98603","title":{"rendered":"About 3 million S\u2019poreans to receive $100-$250 Assurance Package cash payouts in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> About three million adult Singaporeans will receive $100 to $250 from Dec 8, marking the final disbursement under the enhanced Assurance Package (AP).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a statement on Nov 10, the Ministry of Finance said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/budget-2023-what-help-you-can-expect?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">enhanced Assurance Package, which was announced at Budget 2023,<\/span><\/a> helps \u201cdefray living expenses for Singaporean households, and provide more support for lower- to middle-income families\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Over five years, between 2022 and 2026, those eligible for the payments would have received up to $2,250.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Eligible Singaporeans aged 21 and above in 2027 will receive the payouts, with the amount disbursed depending on their assessable income and the number of properties they own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Under the scheme, eligible adult Singaporeans who own no more than one property will receive $250 if their assessable income is $39,000 or below, and $150 if they earn between $39,001 and $100,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those with an assessable income of more than $100,000, as well as individuals who own more than one property regardless of income, will receive $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Citizens can check their eligibility for the cash payouts by logging into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govbenefits.gov.sg\/?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">govbenefits.gov.sg<\/span><\/a> portal with their Singpass details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Eligible recipients will be notified via SMS sent from the gov.sg Sender ID before and after the funds are credited. Those without a Singpass-registered mobile number will receive a notification letter at the address stated on their NRIC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Eligible recipients who link their NRIC to PayNow by Nov 24 will get their cash benefits earliest, on Dec 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those without PayNow-NRIC-linked bank accounts but who have a DBS\/POSB, OCBC or UOB bank account can submit their banking details at govbenefits.gov.sg by Nov 30 to receive payments via GIRO by Dec 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">During Budget 2023, it was announced that the Assurance Package would be topped up by $3 billion, bringing the total amount to be eventually disbursed to $9.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Aside from cash payments disbursed to eligible adult Singaporeans each December from 2022 to 2026, the Assurance Package also includes rebates, CDC vouchers and MediSave top-ups.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"portrait inline-media-wrapper\" style=\"--aspect-article-portrait:1080 \/ 1350\" data-testid=\"inline-media-test-id\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/02820902b8d90ca84d8cab197d587c1cc8cd55cf2e6486037339dc211bd9613b?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/02820902b8d90ca84d8cab197d587c1cc8cd55cf2e6486037339dc211bd9613b?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px and max-width: 3999px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/02820902b8d90ca84d8cab197d587c1cc8cd55cf2e6486037339dc211bd9613b?w=900\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 4000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/02820902b8d90ca84d8cab197d587c1cc8cd55cf2e6486037339dc211bd9613b\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/02820902b8d90ca84d8cab197d587c1cc8cd55cf2e6486037339dc211bd9613b\" alt=\"Graphic on enhanced Assurance Package cash payments in December.\" class=\"aspect-portrait flex items-start shrink-0 portrait article-portrait object-contain mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/about-3-million-sporeans-to-receive-100-250-assurance-package-cash-payouts-in-december\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 About three million adult Singaporeans will receive $100 to $250 from Dec 8, marking the final disbursement under the enhanced Assurance Package (AP)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}