---
id: sgtopic.social-security.self-employed-cpf
kind: topic
title: "CPF for self-employed persons"
url: https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.social-security.self-employed-cpf
language: en
evidence_status: recorded
collection_as_of: 2026-10-16
---

# CPF for self-employed persons

## Record details

- **Also known as:** self-employed MediSave; SEP MediSave; Contribute-as-you-earn; CAYE
- **Part of:** [CPF and social security](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.social-security)
- **Evidence profile:** mixed
- **Primary domain:** cpf-social-security

## Explore connections

- Articles: [Self-Employed CPF](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/article/sgkb.cpf-social-security.self-employed-cpf)
- Topics: [CPF and social security](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.social-security)
- People & organisations: [Central Provident Fund Board](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/entity/sg.agency.cpf-board)
- People & organisations: [Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/entity/sg.agency.iras)
- Dated values: [Annual net trade income threshold for mandatory self-employed MediSave contributions](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/observation/sgobs.cpf.self-employed-medisave-nti-threshold.2026)
- Dated values: [Platform-operator-declared net earnings excluded from self-employed NTI for MediSave assessment](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/observation/sgobs.cpf.self-employed-platform-income-exclusion.2025)

Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force. An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.