Enterprise Development Grant ceased: SME grants tracker 2026

The Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Market Readiness Assistance grant (MRA) and the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) ceased on 29 September 2026. Enterprise Singapore says business grant support is now applied for under the EDGE Grant, from 30 September 2026, and that applications submitted before then continue under the old scheme’s requirements.

This is a dated status board, checked on 17 October 2026, for the schemes SMEs still ask about by an old name: what each is now, what it pays, the date that matters and the official page behind it. It is general information, not advice on whether your business qualifies. Recheck the dates before you act on them.

What replaced the Enterprise Development Grant, MRA and PSG?

Enterprise Singapore’s EDG, MRA and PSG pages carry the same notice: “EDG, MRA and PSG ceased on 29 September 2026. From 30 September onwards, apply for business grant support under the EDGE Grant.” Ongoing submissions and projects “will continue to be processed”, with claims through the Business Grants Portal (BGP) on completion. The PSG page adds that claims are due by the date in your Letter of Offer.

The EDGE Grant page lists up to 70% support for SMEs and up to 50% for non-SMEs, up to S$100,000 a year across all activities, paid by reimbursement after the activity is complete and fully paid for. The EDGE FAQ says no new application is accepted under EDG, MRA or PSG after 30 September 2026, and adds what the headline numbers hide:

• Rates by activity: up to 50% for SMEs and 30% for non-SMEs, rising to up to 70% and 50% for internationalisation and sustainability activities.
• Digital sub-cap: at most S$30,000 of the S$100,000 on single-function digital solutions, integrated enterprise systems and selected automation.
• Who can apply: a Singapore-registered business with at least 30% Singaporean and/or PR ownership. An SME has group turnover of no more than S$100 million or no more than 200 workers.
• A fresh cap: earlier EDG, MRA or PSG use does not count against it. Caps refresh each year from 1 April to 31 March.
• Deposits: retrospective applications will not be supported, and an application is retrospective if work has started or any payment or deposit has gone to a supplier before submission. Payment after submission may be supported if approved, at the company’s own risk.
• Claims: from 1 November 2026 for single-function digital solutions, integrated enterprise systems and pre-scoped equipment; from 1 December 2026 for other activities.

To scope a project before applying, see our EDGE Grant guide. For a quote or application you already hold, see what to do with a PSG quote.

What happens to the SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit?

Enterprise Singapore’s SFEC page describes a one-off S$10,000 credit covering up to 90% of out-of-pocket expenses. Nobody applies; eligible employers have been notified. “SFEC support will expire on 30 Nov 2026”, 44 days after this check; final claims are due by then. The EDGE FAQ gives the same date for SFEC-supported programmes under EDG, MRA and PSG, and says “EDGE will not be supportable under SFEC”. The SFEC FAQ says unused credit is forfeited, and that balances show on BGP or SkillsFuture for Business.

After that, the SFEC FAQ says a redesigned SFEC, administered by the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), applies from 1 December 2026. MOM’s 3 March 2026 factsheet says that in late 2026 the SFEC will be redesigned so that companies offset costs immediately instead of by reimbursement, and all companies with at least three resident employees (Singapore Citizens or PRs) will receive a fresh S$10,000 in an online wallet. We found no official rules on eligible courses or access. Our SFEC guide has a dated plan for the current credit.

Did Job Redesign+ replace PSG’s job redesign support?

MOM’s 3 March 2026 factsheet says the SkillsFuture Workforce Development Grant (Job Redesign+), or WDG(JR+), would provide enhanced funding from March 2026 and “will replace the job redesign support offered under the Productivity Solutions Grant-Job Redesign (PSG-JR)”. MOM’s press release of the same date says it “will be rolled out in March 2026”. The factsheet terms:

• Rate and cap: up to 70% of project costs for SMEs and 50% for non-SMEs, with up to S$150,000 per enterprise. PSG-JR offered up to 50% and 30%, capped at S$30,000.
• Who qualifies: enterprises registered or incorporated and operating in Singapore, with at least three local employees (Citizens or PRs).
• Scope: workforce consultancy (sub-cap S$50,000), capability building for line managers and HR (S$60,000) and workforce technology tools (S$90,000, bundled with at least one other component). The sub-caps total S$200,000, so the S$150,000 cap binds first.

The factsheet is more than seven months old, and we could not open Workforce Singapore’s pages or BGP, so the application steps, any change since March and how WDG(JR+) sits alongside EDGE are unverified. The factsheet names the Singapore Business Federation and the Singapore National Employers Federation as Anchor Programme Partners for advice.

Which support arrives without an application?

Three schemes pay or credit automatically; your part is keeping payment details and records in order.

SME Cash Grant 2026. IRAS’s SME Cash Grant 2026 page, last updated 14 October 2026, says eligible businesses receive up to S$2,500 in November 2026.

• Amount: S$500 per local qualifying employee, capped at S$2,500, based on the highest headcount in any month from April to June 2026, with CPF paid on time. Unlike the CIT Rebate Cash Grant below, Citizen or PR shareholder-directors count as local employees here.
• No local employees: a sole proprietorship or partnership run by a local owner, with no local qualifying employees, gets a flat S$500 if that owner’s YA 2025 net trade income, as assessed by 31 August 2026, was no more than S$100,000.
• Payment: from 2 November 2026, to businesses still active then that had Income Tax or GST GIRO with IRAS on 14 October 2026 or PayNow Corporate registered by 25 October 2026; IRAS pays no cheques. Letters follow in November, and IRAS’s page now links its eligibility checker. See our SME Cash Grant guide.

CIT Rebate for YA 2026. IRAS’s corporate income tax page, last updated 7 August 2026, shows the rebate enhanced to 50% of tax payable, with a S$2,000 cash grant and a S$40,000 combined maximum. It records Budget 2026’s original terms as 40%, S$1,500 and S$30,000, so older articles may quote lower figures.

• Cash grant: for active companies that paid CPF for at least one local employee, excluding shareholder-directors, in 2025. IRAS’s page says eligible companies would receive it automatically by the second quarter of 2026; we did not check whether they were paid. If your company qualifies but did not receive it, IRAS says to email it through myTaxMail by 30 November 2026, headed “Appeal for CIT Rebate Cash Grant”.
• Rebate: IRAS computes it automatically in your YA 2026 assessment, so the chargeable income you declare should not allow for it. For a company eligible for the cash grant, it is 50% of tax payable (capped at S$40,000) less S$2,000.
• Worked sums: see our Form C-S and CIT rebate guide.

Progressive Wage Credit Scheme. IRAS’s PWCS page, last updated 12 October 2026, says the Government co-funds wage increases for resident employees from 2022 to 2028.

• Rates: 30% for wage increases in qualifying year 2026 (up from 20%), 30% for 2027 and 20% for 2028.
• Limits: the minimum average monthly increase rises from S$100 to S$200 for 2027 and 2028. Support covers increases up to a S$3,000 monthly wage ceiling; employees averaging above S$4,000 after an increase, and owners including shareholder-directors, do not qualify.
• Payout: by the first quarter of the following year, so Q1 2027 for 2026, by GIRO or PayNow Corporate. IRAS asks Corppass administrators to assign new “Schemes & Grants” authorisations from 2 November 2026. See our Progressive Wage Model checklist.

Is there help with the cost of InvoiceNow?

IRAS’s GST InvoiceNow page, last updated 8 October 2026, lists a GST InvoiceNow Transition Grant of S$1,000 for SMEs (annual supplies up to S$4 million) and S$5,000 for larger businesses. IMDA’s grants page gives the S$1,000 conditions:

• Window: 1 July 2026 to 31 March 2030, or until the grant is fully claimed, whichever is earlier.
• Who: GST-registered businesses with supplies of no more than S$4 million in accounting periods ending in 2025, not already subscribed to an InvoiceNow-Ready Solution and not using one in the three months before onboarding.
• What counts: a subscription paid for at least 12 months, or your own ERP integrated through an accredited Access Point after 26 February 2026, active and submitting data to IRAS before your mandate deadline.
• Payout: by PayNow Corporate. Because activation comes first, our reading is that it defrays a cost you have already incurred.

IRAS adds that free-of-charge solution packages run to 31 March 2031, though the current list covers only to 31 March 2027. Our InvoiceNow adoption plan shows how to work back from your date, and our summary of IRAS’s September 2026 FAQ covers what is sent.

Is there an AI grant in Singapore?

Not under that name on the pages we read, and none sets an AI-specific rate. MOM’s factsheet says WDG(JR+) consultancy can include assessing AI readiness and its technology component can fund AI-infused HR tools. The EDGE page names Automation & Digitalisation among its business areas but, in the text we read, not AI. Nor do the SFEC pages. MOM’s press release names “effective AI adoption” among the job redesign challenges WDG(JR+) is meant to tackle.

Our reading is to follow the activity, not the label: job redesign to WDG(JR+), a digital or automation project to EDGE, training to SFEC while it lasts. To scope the work before applying, see our guide to scoping a small AI pilot.

What are the next dates, in order?

• 25 October 2026: last day to have PayNow Corporate registered for the SME Cash Grant’s first payment run (the 14 October date for GIRO has passed).
• 1 November 2026: EDGE claims open for digital solutions, integrated systems and pre-scoped equipment.
• 2 November 2026: SME Cash Grant payments start; new Corppass grants authorisations from this date.
• 30 November 2026: SFEC expires and final claims are due; last day to email an appeal for the CIT Rebate Cash Grant.
• 1 December 2026: EDGE claims open for other activities; the redesigned SFEC is due to start.
• Q1 2027: PWCS payout for qualifying year 2026.
• 31 March 2030: the S$1,000 InvoiceNow grant period ends, or earlier if the grant is fully claimed.

What to check this month

1. Note which scheme each quote, application or project sits under and when you submitted it; one submitted before 30 September 2026 is assessed under the old scheme’s requirements.
2. Apply before starting work or paying a deposit on a new project: the EDGE FAQ says a retrospective application will not be supported.
3. If you hold SFEC credit, check both balances and file final claims by 30 November 2026.
4. Without Income Tax or GST GIRO with IRAS, have your bank link PayNow Corporate to your UEN by 25 October 2026 for the SME Cash Grant’s 2 November payment; PWCS pays the same way.

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