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InvoiceNow grants: what you can actually claim

There is real money attached to InvoiceNow adoption, and the amount depends on one number: your annual supplies. Here are the grants, the exact figures IRAS publishes, and the part that trips people up — what these grants do not pay for.

Which grant applies to you

The published amounts

Eligible businessGrantAmount
SMEs — annual supplies ≤ S$4,000,000GST InvoiceNow Transition GrantS$1,000
Larger businesses — annual supplies > S$4,000,000GST InvoiceNow Transition GrantS$5,000
Larger businesses — annual turnover > S$4,000,000InvoiceNow Queen Bee GrantS$25,000

Figures as published by IRAS on the GST InvoiceNow Requirement page. Eligibility, application and appeals are handled by IMDA.

What about PSG?

The Productivity Solutions Grant is the one most people ask about, and it is a different thing. PSG supports pre-approved digital solutions broadly — accounting and ERP systems among them — rather than InvoiceNow specifically. In practice that means PSG may help fund the software you adopt, while the Transition Grant is aimed at the cost of getting onto the network.

Do not assume they stack, and do not assume either is automatic. Both have their own eligibility rules and both are administered outside IRAS. Check current terms with IMDA and Enterprise Singapore before you budget on them.

What none of these grants cover: the work. Cleaning customer master data, mapping your invoice fields to the SG PINT format, fixing the credit-note and multi-entity cases, and testing that a transmission actually lands at IRAS. On most projects that effort is larger than the software cost, and it is the part businesses consistently under-budget.

There is also a free route

Before you chase a grant, check whether you need to spend anything at all. Thirteen accredited providers offer a complete free-of-charge package to GST-registered businesses, with no conditions attached. For a smaller business already on a listed accounting package, the realistic cost of compliance can be zero.

Do this first

Grants are time-bound and your deadline decides how much runway you have. Work out your implementation date before you apply for anything — if you are in the 2031 phase, there is no rush, and rushing is how businesses pay for things they did not need.

Work out your InvoiceNow date →

Grant amounts as published by IRAS on the GST InvoiceNow Requirement page, checked 11 September 2026. Grants are administered by IMDA and Enterprise Singapore, and terms change — confirm current eligibility with them before committing. Independent guide, not advice, and not affiliated with IRAS, IMDA or Enterprise Singapore.

Sayed Rashid
Sayed Rashid
I build the systems behind this. I post what actually breaks in Singapore SME operations, weekly.
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