Proposed Provision: Expand covered earnings to include contributions to voluntary salary reduction plans (such as Cafeteria 125 plans and Flexible Spending Accounts). Starting in 2012, subject these contributions to the OASDI payroll tax, making the payroll tax treatment of these contributions like 401(k) contributions.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2011353353
2012347347
2013341343
2014334338
2015328333
2016321329
2017314324
2018306318
2019296309
2020284300
2021272289
2022259277
2023245265
2024230252
2025214238
2026198224
2027181208
2028164192
2029145176
2030127158
2031107141
203287122
203367104
20344685
20352566
2036446
2037-1826
2038-406
2039-62-14
2040-85-34
2041-108-55
2042-130-75
2043-153-96
2044-176-117
2045-200-138
2046-223-159
2047-247-180
2048-271-202
2049-295-223
2050-319-245
2051-343-267
2052-368-289
2053-393-312
2054-418-334
2055-443-357
2056-468-380
2057-494-404
2058-521-428
2059-548-452
2060-575-477
2061-602-502
2062-630-527
2063-659-553
2064-687-579
2065-716-605
2066-746-632
2067-775-659
2068-805-686
2069-835-714
2070-866-741
2071-897-770
2072-928-798
2073-960-827
2074-992-857
2075-1025-887
2076-1058-917
2077-1092-948
2078-1126-980
2079-1161-1012
2080-1196-1044
2081-1232-1077
2082-1268-1110
2083-1305-1144
2084-1342-1178
2085-1380-1213
2086-1419-1248
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