Description of Proposed Provision:
A1: Starting December 2019, reduce the annual COLA by 1 percentage point.

Financial Estimates for the OASDI Trust Fund Program

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
  Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll

Trust fund
ratio as of
January 1
Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll
Calendar
year
Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance
201813.8112.64-1.17
288
0.000.000.00
201913.9512.87-1.08
272
0.000.000.00
202013.9912.89-1.10
258
-0.14-0.010.13
202114.0012.91-1.09
245
-0.27-0.010.26
202214.0312.93-1.10
232
-0.40-0.020.39
202314.0812.94-1.14
219
-0.54-0.020.51
202414.1412.97-1.17
206
-0.67-0.030.64
202514.1912.97-1.22
193
-0.79-0.030.76
202614.2513.09-1.16
181
-0.91-0.050.87
202714.3313.10-1.23
170
-1.03-0.050.98
202814.4413.11-1.32
160
-1.15-0.061.09
202914.5313.12-1.41
149
-1.26-0.071.19
203014.6213.13-1.49
139
-1.36-0.071.29
203114.7013.14-1.56
129
-1.46-0.081.38
203214.7613.14-1.62
119
-1.55-0.081.47
203314.8113.15-1.66
109
-1.64-0.091.55
203414.8413.15-1.69
99
-1.72-0.091.63
203514.8513.16-1.70
89
-1.80-0.101.70
203614.8613.16-1.70
79
-1.86-0.101.76
203714.8613.16-1.70
69
-1.93-0.111.82
203814.8413.16-1.68
58
-1.98-0.111.87
203914.8013.16-1.64
48
-2.03-0.111.92
204014.7513.16-1.60
38
-2.07-0.121.96
204114.7013.16-1.54
28
-2.11-0.121.99
204214.6313.15-1.48
18
-2.14-0.122.02
204314.5713.15-1.42
8
-2.16-0.122.04
204414.5113.15-1.36
----
-2.18-0.122.06
204514.4613.15-1.32
----
-2.20-0.122.08
204614.4213.14-1.27
----
-2.21-0.122.09
204714.3813.14-1.24
----
-2.22-0.132.09
204814.3513.14-1.21
----
-2.23-0.132.10
204914.3213.14-1.18
----
-2.23-0.132.10
205014.3113.14-1.17
----
-2.23-0.132.11
205114.3013.14-1.16
----
-2.24-0.132.11
205214.3013.14-1.15
----
-2.24-0.132.11
205314.3113.14-1.16
----
-2.24-0.132.11
205414.3213.15-1.18
----
-2.24-0.132.11
205514.3513.15-1.20
----
-2.24-0.132.12
205614.3813.15-1.23
----
-2.25-0.132.12
205714.4113.15-1.26
----
-2.25-0.132.12
205814.4613.16-1.30
----
-2.26-0.132.13
205914.5013.16-1.33
----
-2.26-0.132.13
206014.5413.16-1.37
----
-2.27-0.132.14
206114.5813.17-1.41
----
-2.28-0.132.15
206214.6213.17-1.45
----
-2.29-0.132.16
206314.6613.17-1.48
----
-2.30-0.132.17
206414.7013.18-1.52
----
-2.32-0.132.18
206514.7413.18-1.56
----
-2.33-0.132.19
206614.7813.18-1.60
----
-2.34-0.132.21
206714.8313.19-1.64
----
-2.35-0.142.22
206814.8813.19-1.69
----
-2.37-0.142.23
206914.9213.19-1.73
----
-2.38-0.142.24
207014.9713.20-1.77
----
-2.39-0.142.26
207115.0113.20-1.81
----
-2.41-0.142.27
207215.0513.20-1.85
----
-2.42-0.142.28
207315.0813.21-1.88
----
-2.43-0.142.29
207415.1113.21-1.90
----
-2.44-0.142.30
207515.1313.21-1.92
----
-2.46-0.142.31
207615.1413.21-1.93
----
-2.47-0.142.32
207715.1513.21-1.94
----
-2.48-0.142.33
207815.1413.21-1.93
----
-2.48-0.142.34
207915.1313.21-1.92
----
-2.49-0.142.35
208015.1113.21-1.90
----
-2.50-0.152.35
208115.0913.21-1.88
----
-2.50-0.152.36
208215.0713.21-1.86
----
-2.51-0.152.36
208315.0513.21-1.84
----
-2.51-0.152.36
208415.0313.21-1.82
----
-2.51-0.152.37
208515.0213.20-1.81
----
-2.51-0.152.37
208615.0113.20-1.81
----
-2.52-0.152.37
208715.0113.20-1.81
----
-2.52-0.152.37
208815.0213.20-1.82
----
-2.52-0.152.37
208915.0413.21-1.84
----
-2.52-0.152.38
209015.0713.21-1.86
----
-2.53-0.152.38
209115.1013.21-1.89
----
-2.53-0.152.38
209215.1413.21-1.93
----
-2.54-0.152.39
209315.1813.22-1.97
----
-2.54-0.152.39


Summarized Estimates

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
Years Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance

Year of reserve
depletion
1

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance
2018-2092 14.76% 13.74% -1.03%
2043
-1.92% -0.11% 1.81%

1 Under current law, the year of Trust Fund reserve depletion is 2034.
Based on Intermediate Assumptions of the 2018 Trustees Report.