Proposed Provision: E2.1. Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2021 and later, and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Do not provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2020261261
2021248248
2022233248
2023217247
2024200245
2025183241
2026165236
2027148232
2028130226
2029112220
203094214
203176208
203258203
203339197
203420192
20351188
2036-19183
2037-38178
2038-59173
2039-80167
2040-101162
2041-122156
2042-144151
2043-166146
2044-188140
2045-210135
2046-232129
2047-255124
2048-277119
2049-299113
2050-322108
2051-344102
2052-36797
2053-38991
2054-41285
2055-43479
2056-45773
2057-48066
2058-50460
2059-52753
2060-55145
2061-57538
2062-59930
2063-62422
2064-65013
2065-6764
2066-702-5
2067-728-14
2068-755-24
2069-782-35
2070-809-45
2071-837-56
2072-866-67
2073-895-79
2074-925-91
2075-955-103
2076-986-116
2077-1018-129
2078-1051-142
2079-1084-155
2080-1119-168
2081-1154-182
2082-1190-196
2083-1226-209
2084-1263-223
2085-1300-237
2086-1337-251
2087-1374-264
2088-1411-278
2089-1448-291
2090-1484-304
2091-1520-318
2092-1554-331
2093-1589-344
2094-1623-357
2095-1657-370
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