Description of Proposed Provision:
F4: Expand covered earnings to include contributions to voluntary salary reduction plans (such as Cafeteria 125 plans and Flexible Spending Accounts). Starting in 2018, subject these contributions to the OASDI payroll tax, making the payroll tax treatment of these contributions like 401(k) contributions.

Financial Estimates for the OASDI Trust Fund Program

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
  Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll
Trust fund
ratio as of
January 1		 Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll
Calendar
year		 Cost
rate		 Income
rate		 Annual
balance
Cost
rate		 Income
rate		 Annual
balance
201713.4113.03-0.38
298
0.000.000.00
201813.4913.34-0.14
287
0.000.410.41
201913.7013.38-0.32
276
-0.000.440.44
202013.8513.40-0.46
264
0.000.440.44
202114.0213.43-0.59
253
0.000.440.44
202214.2613.47-0.79
242
0.000.440.44
202314.5513.50-1.05
229
0.010.450.44
202414.8413.54-1.30
215
0.010.450.44
202515.1113.56-1.55
201
0.010.460.44
202615.3913.60-1.79
186
0.020.460.44
202715.6413.61-2.02
171
0.020.460.44
202815.8813.63-2.25
156
0.030.470.44
202916.1013.65-2.45
140
0.030.470.44
203016.3113.67-2.64
124
0.040.470.43
203116.5013.69-2.81
108
0.050.480.43
203216.6613.70-2.97
92
0.060.480.42
203316.8113.71-3.10
75
0.070.480.42
203416.9313.72-3.20
57
0.080.490.41
203517.0213.73-3.28
39
0.090.490.40
203617.0913.74-3.35
21
0.100.490.39
203717.1313.74-3.39
2
0.110.500.39
203817.1413.75-3.40
----
0.120.500.38
203917.1313.75-3.38
----
0.130.500.37
204017.1113.75-3.36
----
0.150.500.36
204117.0713.75-3.32
----
0.160.510.35
204217.0313.75-3.28
----
0.170.510.34
204316.9913.75-3.24
----
0.180.510.33
204416.9513.75-3.20
----
0.190.510.32
204516.9213.75-3.17
----
0.210.520.31
204616.9013.75-3.14
----
0.220.520.30
204716.8813.75-3.12
----
0.230.520.29
204816.8613.75-3.10
----
0.240.520.28
204916.8413.75-3.09
----
0.250.520.27
205016.8313.76-3.08
----
0.270.520.26
205116.8313.76-3.08
----
0.280.530.25
205216.8513.76-3.09
----
0.290.530.24
205316.8713.76-3.11
----
0.300.530.23
205416.9113.77-3.14
----
0.320.530.22
205516.9513.77-3.18
----
0.330.540.21
205617.0013.78-3.22
----
0.340.540.20
205717.0513.78-3.27
----
0.350.540.19
205817.1013.79-3.31
----
0.360.540.18
205917.1613.80-3.36
----
0.370.550.17
206017.2113.80-3.41
----
0.380.550.16
206117.2713.81-3.46
----
0.390.550.16
206217.3313.81-3.51
----
0.400.560.15
206317.3813.82-3.56
----
0.410.560.15
206417.4413.83-3.61
----
0.420.560.14
206517.4913.84-3.66
----
0.430.570.14
206617.5513.84-3.71
----
0.440.570.14
206717.6113.85-3.76
----
0.440.580.14
206817.6713.86-3.81
----
0.450.580.13
206917.7313.87-3.86
----
0.450.590.13
207017.7913.88-3.91
----
0.460.590.13
207117.8413.88-3.95
----
0.460.600.13
207217.8813.89-3.99
----
0.470.600.13
207317.9213.90-4.02
----
0.470.610.14
207417.9513.91-4.05
----
0.470.610.14
207517.9813.91-4.07
----
0.480.620.14
207618.0013.92-4.08
----
0.480.620.14
207718.0113.93-4.08
----
0.480.630.15
207818.0113.93-4.07
----
0.480.630.15
207918.0013.94-4.06
----
0.490.640.15
208018.0013.94-4.05
----
0.490.650.16
208118.0013.95-4.05
----
0.490.650.16
208218.0013.95-4.04
----
0.490.660.16
208318.0113.96-4.05
----
0.490.660.17
208418.0313.97-4.06
----
0.500.670.17
208518.0513.97-4.08
----
0.500.670.17
208618.0913.98-4.11
----
0.500.680.17
208718.1213.98-4.14
----
0.510.680.17
208818.1713.99-4.18
----
0.510.690.17
208918.2214.00-4.22
----
0.520.690.17
209018.2714.01-4.26
----
0.520.700.17
209118.3214.01-4.31
----
0.530.700.17
209218.3714.02-4.35
----
0.530.700.17


Summarized Estimates

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
Years Cost
rate		 Income
rate		 Actuarial
balance
Year of reserve
depletion1
Cost
rate		 Income
rate		 Actuarial
balance
2017-2091 16.92% 14.37% -2.55%
2037
0.25% 0.53% 0.28%

1 Under current law, the year of Trust Fund reserve depletion is 2034.
Based on Intermediate Assumptions of the 2017 Trustees Report.