Proposed Provision: E3.15. Increase the taxable maximum such that 90 percent of earnings are subject to the payroll tax (phased in 2020-2029). In addition, apply a tax rate of 6.2 percent for earnings above the revised taxable maximum (phased in from 2020-2029). Provide benefit credit for earnings taxed up to the revised taxable maximum.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245247
2022229234
2023213223
2024197212
2025180201
2026163192
2027147183
2028130174
2029114167
203097160
203180152
203263145
203346137
203428130
203510122
2036-9114
2037-28105
2038-4796
2039-6787
2040-8777
2041-10868
2042-12958
2043-15049
2044-17139
2045-19230
2046-21320
2047-23411
2048-2552
2049-276-8
2050-297-17
2051-318-27
2052-338-36
2053-359-46
2054-380-56
2055-401-66
2056-422-76
2057-444-86
2058-465-97
2059-487-108
2060-509-119
2061-531-130
2062-554-142
2063-577-155
2064-601-168
2065-625-181
2066-649-194
2067-674-208
2068-699-222
2069-724-237
2070-749-252
2071-776-267
2072-802-283
2073-830-299
2074-857-315
2075-885-332
2076-914-350
2077-944-368
2078-975-386
2079-1007-405
2080-1039-424
2081-1072-444
2082-1106-463
2083-1139-483
2084-1173-503
2085-1207-523
2086-1242-543
2087-1275-562
2088-1309-582
2089-1342-602
2090-1375-621
2091-1407-640
2092-1439-660
2093-1471-679
2094-1503-699
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