Proposed Provision: H5. Beginning in 2026, for single/head-of-household/married-filing-separate taxpayers with MAGI of $250,000 or more and joint filers with MAGI of $500,000 or more, include up to the remaining 15 percent of Social Security benefits in taxable income (increased from up to 85 percent of benefits taxable under current law). In subsequent years, update these thresholds for growth in wages (AWI). Revenue from this provision would be credited to the Social Security trust funds. Current law taxation of up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits would remain unchanged.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213213
2024197197
2025180180
2026163163
2027147147
2028130130
2029114114
20309797
20318081
20326363
20334646
20342828
20351010
2036-9-8
2037-28-27
2038-47-47
2039-67-67
2040-87-87
2041-108-107
2042-129-128
2043-150-149
2044-171-170
2045-192-191
2046-213-212
2047-234-233
2048-255-254
2049-276-274
2050-297-295
2051-318-316
2052-338-337
2053-359-358
2054-380-379
2055-401-400
2056-422-421
2057-444-442
2058-465-463
2059-487-485
2060-509-507
2061-531-529
2062-554-552
2063-577-575
2064-601-599
2065-625-623
2066-649-647
2067-674-671
2068-699-696
2069-724-721
2070-749-747
2071-776-773
2072-802-800
2073-830-827
2074-857-854
2075-885-883
2076-914-912
2077-944-941
2078-975-972
2079-1007-1004
2080-1039-1036
2081-1072-1069
2082-1106-1102
2083-1139-1136
2084-1173-1170
2085-1207-1204
2086-1242-1238
2087-1275-1272
2088-1309-1305
2089-1342-1338
2090-1375-1371
2091-1407-1403
2092-1439-1435
2093-1471-1467
2094-1503-1499
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