Proposed Provision: Apply 4 percent payroll tax rate on earnings over $200,000 in 2018, with the $200,000 threshold wage-indexed after 2018. Give no benefit credit for additional earnings in AIME for benefit computation.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346346
2014341341
2015335335
2016330330
2017324324
2018317317
2019309313
2020299307
2021289300
2022277292
2023264283
2024251273
2025237262
2026221250
2027205238
2028189225
2029171211
2030154197
2031136182
2032117168
203398152
203479137
203559121
203639105
20371990
2038-173
2039-2157
2040-4241
2041-6325
2042-849
2043-105-7
2044-126-23
2045-147-40
2046-168-56
2047-189-72
2048-211-89
2049-233-105
2050-255-122
2051-277-139
2052-299-156
2053-321-173
2054-344-190
2055-366-207
2056-389-225
2057-412-243
2058-436-261
2059-460-280
2060-485-299
2061-509-318
2062-534-337
2063-560-357
2064-586-377
2065-612-397
2066-638-418
2067-665-439
2068-692-460
2069-720-482
2070-748-504
2071-776-526
2072-805-549
2073-834-572
2074-864-596
2075-894-620
2076-925-644
2077-957-669
2078-989-695
2079-1021-721
2080-1054-747
2081-1087-774
2082-1121-801
2083-1156-829
2084-1191-857
2085-1227-886
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