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Use PayNow for CPF withdrawal

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Since March 2018, PayNow has been avail­able to CPF mem­bers as a form of with­draw­al of the money from the CPF accounts for mem­bers who are aged 55 and above. This PayNow account must be NRIC-linked, mean­ing you have to link your NRIC to your bank account from any of the PayNow par­ti­cip­at­ing banks.

The turn­around time using PayNow for with­draw­al is 1 day but 5 work­ing days if you choose to with­draw via Inter­b­ank GIRO.

 

 

Changes of CPF in 2016

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CPF CELING
CPF con­tri­bu­tion ceil­ing will be increased from $5000 to $6000 with effect from 1 Jan 2016. This will help to boost anoth­er $170 from employ­er and $200 from employ­ee for those earn­ing more than $6000 monthly salary and below 55 years old. Though the take-home pay for these employ­ees will reduce by $200, the sav­ings for retire­ment will be boos­ted by these extra sav­ings.

CPF CONTRIBUTION RATE
The CPF con­tri­bu­tion rate for employ­ee 50 years and above will be increased from 1 Janu­ary 2016.

  • Above 50 to 55, employ­er CPF rate will be increased from 16% to 17%, while employ­ee CPF rate will be increased from 19% to 20%;
  • Above 55 to 60, employ­er CPF rate will be increased from 12% to 13%, with no change to the cur­rent employ­ee CPF rate of 13%;
  • Above 60 to 65, employ­er CPF rate will be increased from 8.5% to 9%, with no change to the cur­rent employ­ee CPF rate of 7.5%.

In addi­tion, for CPF mem­bers aged 55 and above from 1 Janu­ary 2016, the first $30,000 from the CPF accounts will earn extra 1% per annum, on top of the cur­rent 1% extra interest on the first $60,000 of their total CPF sav­ings. That is,

 

 

Total CPF bal­ance

 Interest Rate
If in Special/Retirement/Medisave Accounts If in Ordin­ary Account
First $30,000 6% 4.5%
Next $30,000 5% 3.5%
Remain­ing bal­ance above $60,000 4% 2.5%

This trans­lates to extra $300 sav­ings per year for the next 10 years before CPF Life pay­out starts at 65. Assum­ing the yearly $300 interest earned goes into the Retire­ment Account which earns 4% interest, this trans­lates to $3,745 after 10 years. With high­er amount in CPF Retire­ment Account, CPF mem­bers can expect high­er pay­out from their CPF Life.

SUPPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT SCHEME
The caps on con­tri­bu­tion to the vol­un­tary retire­ment sav­ings scheme, Sup­ple­ment­ary Retire­ment Scheme (SRS) will be increased from 1 Janu­ary 2016. For Singa­por­ean and Per­man­ent Res­id­ent, the cap will be increased from $12,750 to $15,300. The cap for for­eign­er will be increased from $29,750 to $35,700. This will help to increase the per­son­al income tax sav­ings, as the amount put into SRS will enjoy tax relief. Moreover, retire­ment cash­flow will be improved when SRS money is allowed to be with­drawn without pen­alty from age 62 onwards.