Proposed Provision: Tax Reform for Individuals: For personal income tax, establish in 2012 a 2-bracket approach with marginal rates of 15 and 27 percent separated at $51,000 (CPI indexed) for 2012 and later, with a non-refundable credit for low-income tax filers age 65 and older. Capital gains would be treated as regular income. All Social Security benefits would be taxed starting 2012 at the applicable marginal rate (15 or 27) less a non-refundable credit of 7.5 percent. Revenue to OASDHI would be based on the net marginal rates of 7.5 and 19.5 percent, with 40 percent of revenue dedicated to HI.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346347
2014341342
2015335338
2016330333
2017324327
2018317320
2019309313
2020299303
2021289293
2022277282
2023264269
2024251256
2025237241
2026221226
2027205210
2028189194
2029171177
2030154159
2031136141
2032117123
203398104
20347984
20355965
20363945
20371925
2038-14
2039-21-16
2040-42-37
2041-63-57
2042-84-78
2043-105-99
2044-126-120
2045-147-142
2046-168-163
2047-189-184
2048-211-206
2049-233-228
2050-255-250
2051-277-272
2052-299-294
2053-321-317
2054-344-339
2055-366-362
2056-389-385
2057-412-409
2058-436-433
2059-460-457
2060-485-482
2061-509-506
2062-534-532
2063-560-557
2064-586-584
2065-612-610
2066-638-637
2067-665-664
2068-692-691
2069-720-719
2070-748-747
2071-776-776
2072-805-805
2073-834-834
2074-864-864
2075-894-895
2076-925-926
2077-957-958
2078-989-990
2079-1021-1023
2080-1054-1056
2081-1087-1090
2082-1121-1124
2083-1156-1159
2084-1191-1195
2085-1227-1231
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