Description of Proposed Provision:
F5: Tax Reform for Business: Establish a value added tax (VAT) of 3.0 percent for 2020 and 6.5 percent for 2021 and later. Assume about 75% of personal consumption expenditures is subject to the VAT.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2018 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
Current law
[percent of payroll]		   Change from current law
[percent of payroll]		   Shortfall eliminated
Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		   Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		   Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year
-2.84 -4.32   -0.03 0.16   -1% 4%

graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.