$300m in utilities rebates to be given to 930,000 HDB households

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About 930,000 households in Housing Board flats will receive Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates amounting to $300 million this month . According to the Ministry of Finance, the U-Save rebates, which are part of the permanent Goods and Services Tax (GST) voucher scheme, will...

Households whose members own more than one property are not eligible.

Annually, the U-Save rebate is equivalent to three to four months of utilities bills for households in one- and two-room flats, and one to two months of utilities bills for households in three- and four-room flats on average. The permanent GST Voucher scheme was introduced in 2012 to help lower- and middle-income Singaporeans offset some of their GST expenses.

Aside from the U-Save rebates, the permanent GST Voucher includes CPF Medisave account top-ups for Singaporeans aged 65 and above and cash for lower-income Singaporeans to support their immediate needs.For more information on U-Save, the public can call SP Group on 6671-7117 or e-mail

 

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