Proposed Provision: Starting in 2016, allow workers to choose whether to have their payroll tax rate reduced by 2 percentage points. For each calendar year that a worker chooses to have their payroll tax reduced, their normal retirement age (NRA) increases 1 month. We assume 2/3 of workers each year will choose this payroll reduction. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the OASI and DI Trust Funds for the reduction in payroll tax revenue.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2015308308
2016298298
2017280280
2018264265
2019248249
2020233235
2021219221
2022204206
2023189192
2024173177
2025157162
2026142148
2027126133
2028110118
202994103
20307787
20316071
20324255
20332337
2034420
2035-162
2036-36-17
2037-57-35
2038-78-55
2039-100-74
2040-122-93
2041-144-113
2042-166-133
2043-189-152
2044-211-172
2045-234-192
2046-257-212
2047-280-232
2048-303-252
2049-327-271
2050-351-291
2051-375-311
2052-398-330
2053-423-350
2054-447-369
2055-472-389
2056-496-408
2057-522-428
2058-548-449
2059-574-470
2060-601-492
2061-629-514
2062-657-536
2063-685-559
2064-714-582
2065-744-605
2066-774-629
2067-804-653
2068-835-678
2069-867-703
2070-899-728
2071-932-754
2072-965-781
2073-1000-808
2074-1035-836
2075-1072-865
2076-1110-894
2077-1148-925
2078-1188-956
2079-1228-988
2080-1268-1020
2081-1309-1053
2082-1350-1085
2083-1391-1118
2084-1432-1151
2085-1472-1183
2086-1514-1217
2087-1555-1250
2088-1597-1283
2089-1640-1317
2090-1683-1351
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