How are the Large Family LifeSG Credits different from the Child LifeSG Credits announced at Budget 2025?
Large Family LifeSG Credits: given annually to married or ever-married parents, including widowed or divorced parents, in large families. Each third and subsequent Singapore citizen child will be eligible for it from the year that the child turns 1 to the year that the child turns 6.
Child LifeSG Credits: a one-off support measure introduced as part of Budget 2025 given to all families with at least 1 child aged 0 to 12 in 2025. This is regardless of the number of children in the family.
Payment timelines:
Child LifeSG Credits | Week of 7 July 2025 (for children born in 2013 to 2024) April 2026 (for children born in 2025)
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Large Family LifeSG Credits | From 10 September 2025 (for children born in 2019 to 2024) April 2026 [1] (for respective birth cohorts aged 1 to 6 in 2026, including children born in 2025)
[1] From 2026 onwards, LFLC will be disbursed in April of each year. |
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