Review Qualification Criteria for Grandparent Caregiver Relief Claims

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jan 2018.

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Zainal Sapari proposed revising the Grandparent Caregiver Relief eligibility to include caregivers with income below a threshold, those spending majority of time on caregiving, and those caring for children up to 16 years old.
Heng Swee Keat explained the relief is for working mothers whose parents or grandparents care for Singaporean children aged 12 or below.
The relief requires the grandparent caregiver to be non-working due to the young age of children needing adult supervision.
The current criteria focus on young children and non-working caregivers, differing from the proposed revisions.

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Zainal Sapari

Mr Zainal Sapari asked the Minister for Finance whether the eligibility criteria for Grandparent Caregiver Relief claims can be revised to allow for such claims when the caregiver (i) draws income below a certain threshold, (ii) spends a majority of the time in the caregiver role and (iii) looks after children up to 16 years old.

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Zainal Sapari proposed revising the Grandparent Caregiver Relief eligibility to include caregivers with income below a threshold, those spending majority of time on caregiving, and those caring for children up to 16 years old.
Heng Swee Keat explained the relief is for working mothers whose parents or grandparents care for Singaporean children aged 12 or below.
The relief requires the grandparent caregiver to be non-working due to the young age of children needing adult supervision.
The current criteria focus on young children and non-working caregivers, differing from the proposed revisions.

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Review Qualification Criteria for Grandparent Caregiver Relief Claims

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jan 2018.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Zainal Sapari proposed revising the Grandparent Caregiver Relief eligibility to include caregivers with income below a threshold, those spending majority of time on caregiving, and those caring for children up to 16 years old.
Heng Swee Keat explained the relief is for working mothers whose parents or grandparents care for Singaporean children aged 12 or below.
The relief requires the grandparent caregiver to be non-working due to the young age of children needing adult supervision.
The current criteria focus on young children and non-working caregivers, differing from the proposed revisions.

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Zainal Sapari

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Zainal Sapari proposed revising the Grandparent Caregiver Relief eligibility to include caregivers with income below a threshold, those spending majority of time on caregiving, and those caring for children up to 16 years old.
Heng Swee Keat explained the relief is for working mothers whose parents or grandparents care for Singaporean children aged 12 or below.
The relief requires the grandparent caregiver to be non-working due to the young age of children needing adult supervision.
The current criteria focus on young children and non-working caregivers, differing from the proposed revisions.

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