Proposed Provision: E2.4. Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2031 and later (phased in 2025-2031), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2024 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to $9,770 in 2025, indexed by wages after 2025; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2024188188
2025171171
2026152154
2027134141
2028117131
2029101123
203084118
203168115
203253114
203337114
203422113
20357113
2036-9113
2037-26112
2038-43110
2039-60108
2040-78106
2041-96104
2042-115102
2043-13599
2044-15496
2045-17493
2046-19490
2047-21586
2048-23583
2049-25679
2050-27774
2051-29970
2052-32065
2053-34260
2054-36455
2055-38649
2056-40942
2057-43136
2058-45529
2059-47821
2060-50213
2061-5275
2062-553-4
2063-579-14
2064-605-23
2065-632-33
2066-660-44
2067-688-54
2068-716-65
2069-745-77
2070-774-89
2071-803-101
2072-834-113
2073-864-126
2074-895-140
2075-927-153
2076-960-167
2077-993-182
2078-1027-197
2079-1062-212
2080-1098-227
2081-1134-243
2082-1172-258
2083-1209-274
2084-1248-290
2085-1287-306
2086-1327-323
2087-1368-339
2088-1409-355
2089-1450-372
2090-1491-388
2091-1532-404
2092-1573-419
2093-1612-435
2094-1651-450
2095-1689-464
2096-1727-479
2097-1764-494
2098-1801-509
2099-1838-523
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