Taiwan's cabinet has approved next year's central government budget including a NT$10,000 cash handout for every resident, funded by what the government calls an "AI dividend" — good news for households, though the money is not guaranteed to become an annual habit.

• Every resident is set to get NT$10,000, with no income cap, matching the two earlier handouts.
• The budget office set three conditions for repeating it: no new debt, welfare and big infrastructure spending still fully covered, and no dipping into leftover funds from previous years.
• This round meets all three, including not touching the prior year's budget surplus.
• The payout money is written into next year's budget, so the legislature must approve it before anyone gets paid.

Outlook: How soon people see the cash depends on how fast lawmakers finish reviewing the budget, with a schedule to follow once it passes.