Proposed Provision: Determine the level of the contribution and benefit base such that 90 percent of the earnings would be subject to the payroll tax (phased in 2010-2019). All earnings subject to the payroll tax would be used in determining benefits.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Present Law Provision
2009354354
2010360360
2011366368
2012369372
2013367374
2014364374
2015359374
2016354373
2017347371
2018338367
2019327363
2020315357
2021302350
2022289343
2023275334
2024260325
2025244315
2026227304
2027209293
2028191280
2029173268
2030153254
2031133241
2032113226
203392212
203471198
203550183
203629168
20377153
2038-16138
2039-38123
2040-61108
2041-8393
2042-10678
2043-12963
2044-15248
2045-17533
2046-19917
2047-2222
2048-246-13
2049-270-29
2050-294-45
2051-318-60
2052-342-76
2053-366-92
2054-391-109
2055-415-125
2056-440-142
2057-466-159
2058-491-176
2059-517-194
2060-544-212
2061-570-231
2062-598-249
2063-625-268
2064-653-288
2065-681-307
2066-710-327
2067-739-348
2068-768-369
2069-798-390
2070-828-411
2071-859-433
2072-890-455
2073-922-478
2074-954-501
2075-987-525
2076-1020-549
2077-1054-574
2078-1089-599
2079-1124-625
2080-1159-651
2081-1195-677
2082-1232-705
2083-1270-732
2084-1308-760
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