Old people from middle-and low-income families whose total monthly earnings fall below 2.5 times the minimum for monthly living expenses (which in Taipei is set at NT $ 11,443) are entitled to monthly government welfare checks.
全戶家庭總收入每人每月平均在最低生活費用（台北市一一四四三元）一．五倍以下，且存款及不動產未達縣市政府規定的中、低收入戶老人，可以享有老人生活津貼六千元。