5 minute read As a self-employed person in Singapore, there are certain money matters that you need to be responsible for and one of them is making your own CPF contributions. Self-employed individuals with a net trade income above $6,000 a year must make mandatory CPF contributions into their Medisave Account (MA). Although contributions into their MA is compulsory, there is also an option to make Voluntary Contributions (VC) into all three CPF accounts – Ordinary Account (OA), Special Account (SA) and Medisave Account (MA) – instead of just the MA. However, you can’t make Voluntary Contributions to your OA only. There is also a maximum amount of Voluntary Contributions you can make in a calendar year, which is the CPF Annual Limit of $37,740 minus mandatory contributions to MA. If both voluntary and mandatory contributions reach the CPF Annual Limit, no further Voluntary Contributions can be made.