Proposed Provision: Apply 2 percent payroll tax rate on earnings over $300,000 in 2018, with the $300,000 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
2019309310
2020299302
2021289293
2022277283
2023264271
2024251259
2025237246
2026221232
2027205217
2028189202
2029171186
2030154170
2031136153
2032117136
203398118
203479100
20355982
20363964
20371945
2038-126
2039-218
2040-42-11
2041-63-30
2042-84-49
2043-105-69
2044-126-88
2045-147-107
2046-168-127
2047-189-146
2048-211-166
2049-233-186
2050-255-206
2051-277-226
2052-299-246
2053-321-266
2054-344-287
2055-366-308
2056-389-329
2057-412-350
2058-436-371
2059-460-393
2060-485-416
2061-509-439
2062-534-462
2063-560-485
2064-586-509
2065-612-533
2066-638-557
2067-665-582
2068-692-607
2069-720-632
2070-748-658
2071-776-684
2072-805-710
2073-834-737
2074-864-765
2075-894-793
2076-925-821
2077-957-850
2078-989-880
2079-1021-910
2080-1054-941
2081-1087-972
2082-1121-1003
2083-1156-1035
2084-1191-1068
2085-1227-1101
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