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Myanmar maid salary is around Singapore Dollars $450-$550 depending on maid skills, around $100 lower than Indonesian maid and Filipino maid. The more experienced Myanmar maid or Myanmar transfer maid salary is $500~$650 and above.

As per MOM （Ministry of Manpower） regulation, an employer needs to pay the maids levy, which is a kind of monthly tax, paid to government on every single foreign domestic worker employed in republic of Singapore.

The Levy is S$300.00 per month or $9.87 per day for the period the work permit is valid. For Singaporean with young children below 16 years old, elderly at least 67 years old or Person with disabilities (PWD), certified by Singapore-registered doctor, living under the same household, the government offers a concessionary rate of $60 per month. You must pay the levy using General Interbank Recurring Order (GIRO).

You can claim tax relief if:

1. you are a married woman and has elected for separate assessment; or
2. you are married and your husband is not resident in Singapore; or
3. you are separated or divorced or widowed and living with your unmarried child for whom you can claim child relief.

The relief is two times the amount of maid levy paid for one maid. It can only be set off against the earned income of the wife. Single taxpayers are not eligible for this relief. You can get the relief even if the levy is paid by the husband.

Yes, Within 14 days from the date of to Singapore, she must get herself examined by a certified medical institution and only if she passes her medical test as deemed to fit for working then she can work for the employer. Such medical examination is required every six-month for the medical screening, for VDRL, pregnancy, and HIV.