Proposed Provision: C1.5. Starting in 2018, 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 Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273273
2020259259
2021245245
2022230231
2023215216
2024199201
2025182185
2026165168
2027148151
2028130134
2029112117
20309499
20317582
20325664
20333745
20341626
2035-46
2036-26-14
2037-47-34
2038-70-55
2039-92-76
2040-115-97
2041-138-118
2042-161-139
2043-184-160
2044-207-181
2045-230-202
2046-253-222
2047-276-243
2048-300-263
2049-323-284
2050-346-304
2051-370-325
2052-393-345
2053-417-365
2054-440-384
2055-464-404
2056-487-424
2057-511-443
2058-536-463
2059-560-483
2060-585-503
2061-611-524
2062-637-544
2063-663-565
2064-690-586
2065-717-607
2066-745-628
2067-772-650
2068-801-672
2069-829-694
2070-858-717
2071-888-741
2072-918-765
2073-949-789
2074-981-814
2075-1014-839
2076-1047-866
2077-1082-893
2078-1117-920
2079-1153-949
2080-1190-978
2081-1227-1007
2082-1264-1036
2083-1300-1065
2084-1337-1094
2085-1374-1123
2086-1410-1152
2087-1446-1182
2088-1483-1211
2089-1520-1240
2090-1557-1269
2091-1595-1299
2092-1633-1330
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