Proposed Provision: Increase the payroll tax rate (currently 12.4 percent) by 0.1 percentage point each year from 2019-2042, until the rate reaches 14.8 percent in 2042. Then increase the payroll tax rate an additional 0.1 percentage point in each year from 2081-2085, until the rate reaches 15.3 percent for 2085 and later.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2015308308
2016298298
2017280280
2018264264
2019248248
2020233234
2021219220
2022204207
2023189195
2024173182
2025157170
2026142159
2027126148
2028110137
202994126
203077116
203160106
20324296
20332385
2034475
2035-1665
2036-3655
2037-5745
2038-7836
2039-10027
2040-12218
2041-14410
2042-1663
2043-189-4
2044-211-11
2045-234-17
2046-257-24
2047-280-30
2048-303-37
2049-327-43
2050-351-50
2051-375-56
2052-398-63
2053-423-70
2054-447-77
2055-472-84
2056-496-91
2057-522-99
2058-548-107
2059-574-116
2060-601-125
2061-629-134
2062-657-143
2063-685-153
2064-714-163
2065-744-174
2066-774-185
2067-804-196
2068-835-208
2069-867-220
2070-899-232
2071-932-245
2072-965-258
2073-1000-272
2074-1035-286
2075-1072-300
2076-1110-315
2077-1148-331
2078-1188-346
2079-1228-362
2080-1268-378
2081-1309-394
2082-1350-410
2083-1391-425
2084-1432-440
2085-1472-455
2086-1514-469
2087-1555-483
2088-1597-498
2089-1640-513
2090-1683-528
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