Proposed Provision: Expand covered earnings to include contributions to voluntary salary reduction plans (such as Cafeteria 125 plans and Flexible Spending Accounts). Starting in 2013, 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
2012340340
2013329329
2014315317
2015302306
2016290295
2017277285
2018265275
2019253265
2020240253
2021227241
2022212228
2023197215
2024181200
2025164185
2026147169
2027129153
2028110136
202990118
20307099
20314979
20322759
2033539
2034-1818
2035-41-4
2036-65-26
2037-89-48
2038-114-70
2039-138-93
2040-163-116
2041-189-139
2042-215-163
2043-240-186
2044-266-210
2045-292-234
2046-319-258
2047-346-283
2048-373-308
2049-400-333
2050-428-358
2051-456-383
2052-484-409
2053-512-435
2054-540-461
2055-569-487
2056-598-513
2057-628-540
2058-657-568
2059-688-596
2060-719-624
2061-750-653
2062-782-682
2063-814-711
2064-847-741
2065-880-772
2066-913-802
2067-946-833
2068-980-864
2069-1014-895
2070-1049-927
2071-1084-959
2072-1120-992
2073-1156-1025
2074-1193-1059
2075-1230-1094
2076-1268-1129
2077-1307-1164
2078-1346-1200
2079-1385-1236
2080-1425-1273
2081-1465-1310
2082-1505-1348
2083-1547-1386
2084-1588-1424
2085-1631-1463
2086-1673-1503
2087-1717-1543
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