Proposed Provision: A9. For single/head-of-household/married-filing-separate taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) below $91,500 and for joint filers with MAGI below $183,000 for December 2021 ($85,000 and $170,000 multiplied by estimated CPI-U for 2018-2021), use the chain-weighted version of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), beginning with the December 2021 COLA. For those beneficiaries whose MAGI is above these thresholds, provide no COLA. Use prior tax year income data for this determination. Index the eligibility income threshold amounts to the CPI-U after December 2021.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229231
2023213216
2024197201
2025180187
2026163172
2027147158
2028130144
2029114131
203097118
203180104
20326391
20334678
20342865
20351052
2036-938
2037-2825
2038-4711
2039-67-3
2040-87-17
2041-108-31
2042-129-45
2043-150-59
2044-171-72
2045-192-85
2046-213-99
2047-234-111
2048-255-124
2049-276-137
2050-297-149
2051-318-161
2052-338-173
2053-359-185
2054-380-197
2055-401-209
2056-422-221
2057-444-233
2058-465-246
2059-487-258
2060-509-271
2061-531-283
2062-554-297
2063-577-310
2064-601-324
2065-625-338
2066-649-352
2067-674-366
2068-699-381
2069-724-396
2070-749-411
2071-776-426
2072-802-442
2073-830-458
2074-857-475
2075-885-491
2076-914-508
2077-944-526
2078-975-544
2079-1007-562
2080-1039-581
2081-1072-600
2082-1106-619
2083-1139-638
2084-1173-657
2085-1207-676
2086-1242-694
2087-1275-713
2088-1309-730
2089-1342-748
2090-1375-765
2091-1407-782
2092-1439-798
2093-1471-815
2094-1503-831
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