Proposed Provision: C1.5. Starting in 2022, allow workers to choose whether to have their payroll tax rate reduced by 2 percentage points. For each calendar year that a worker chooses to have their payroll tax reduced, their normal retirement age (NRA) increases 1 month. We assume 2/3 of workers each year will choose this payroll reduction. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the OASI and DI Trust Funds for the reduction in payroll tax revenue.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2021253253
2022231231
2023214214
2024196196
2025178178
2026159160
2027141142
2028122123
2029104105
20308586
20316667
20324648
20332729
2034710
2035-13-10
2036-33-29
2037-54-50
2038-76-70
2039-97-91
2040-119-112
2041-142-133
2042-165-155
2043-188-177
2044-211-199
2045-235-221
2046-258-243
2047-282-266
2048-306-288
2049-330-310
2050-354-333
2051-378-355
2052-403-378
2053-427-400
2054-452-422
2055-477-445
2056-502-467
2057-527-490
2058-552-512
2059-578-535
2060-604-558
2061-630-580
2062-657-603
2063-684-627
2064-712-650
2065-740-674
2066-768-698
2067-796-722
2068-825-746
2069-855-770
2070-884-795
2071-914-820
2072-945-845
2073-976-870
2074-1007-896
2075-1039-922
2076-1071-949
2077-1105-977
2078-1139-1006
2079-1175-1035
2080-1211-1065
2081-1248-1096
2082-1286-1127
2083-1324-1158
2084-1363-1191
2085-1403-1223
2086-1443-1255
2087-1483-1288
2088-1524-1322
2089-1564-1355
2090-1604-1388
2091-1643-1421
2092-1681-1452
2093-1718-1483
2094-1754-1512
2095-1789-1541
2096-1825-1570
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