Proposed Provision: E2.4. Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2026 and later (phased in 2020-2026), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2019 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to 134 percent of the monthly current-law taxable maximum; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245247
2022229236
2023213227
2024197219
2025180213
2026163208
2027147205
2028130202
2029114199
203097195
203180192
203263188
203346184
203428181
203510178
2036-9174
2037-28170
2038-47165
2039-67161
2040-87156
2041-108152
2042-129147
2043-150143
2044-171139
2045-192135
2046-213131
2047-234127
2048-255123
2049-276119
2050-297115
2051-318112
2052-338108
2053-359104
2054-380100
2055-40196
2056-42292
2057-44487
2058-46583
2059-48778
2060-50972
2061-53167
2062-55461
2063-57755
2064-60148
2065-62542
2066-64935
2067-67427
2068-69919
2069-72411
2070-7493
2071-776-6
2072-802-15
2073-830-24
2074-857-34
2075-885-44
2076-914-54
2077-944-64
2078-975-75
2079-1007-85
2080-1039-96
2081-1072-107
2082-1106-118
2083-1139-129
2084-1173-140
2085-1207-151
2086-1242-162
2087-1275-172
2088-1309-183
2089-1342-194
2090-1375-205
2091-1407-216
2092-1439-227
2093-1471-238
2094-1503-249
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