2007 OASDI Trustees Report

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III. FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE TRUST FUNDS AND
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE LAST YEAR

A. OPERATIONS OF THE OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE
(OASI) AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (DI) TRUST FUNDS, IN
CALENDAR YEAR 2006

Detailed information on the operations of the OASI and DI Trust Funds1 during calendar year 2006 is presented in this section. Chapter IV provides projections for calendar years 2007 through 2085.

1. OASI Trust Fund

A statement of the income and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund in calendar year 2006, and of the assets of the fund at the beginning and end of the calendar year, is presented in table III.A1. As shown in the table, total trust fund receipts in 2006 amounted to $642.2 billion, while disbursements totaled $461.0 billion, resulting in an increase in trust fund assets during 2006 of $181.3 billion.

The reported income and disbursements for 2006 were both affected by special transfers from the General Fund of the Treasury to the trust funds to correct the effects of a clerical error which resulted in overpayments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to a provision in the law which permits beneficiaries to have income tax payments withheld from their Social Security benefits.2 The overpayments to IRS began with the inception of voluntary income tax withholding in 1999, and SSA detected and corrected the ongoing problem in early 2006. The reimbursements to the trust funds for the overpayments during the period 1999-2005 occurred, with interest, in two stages; the first reimbursement was in August 2006 for overpayments in 2002-05, while the final reimbursement was in December 2006 for overpayments in 1999-2001.3 In table III.A1, the reimbursement of the nominal amount overpaid to IRS over the period 1999-2005 (approximately $5.9 billion) is shown as a reimbursement of benefit payments, while the $0.8 billion in interest reimbursed to the trust fund to compensate the OASI Trust Fund for the investment income lost over that period is shown as part of interest on reimbursements. Further details of the various components of trust fund income and disbursements are discussed in the following paragraphs.

Included in total receipts during calendar year 2006 were $536.7 billion in employment tax contributions. These contributions were partially offset by transfers totaling $1.9 billion to the general fund for the estimated amount of refunds to employees who worked for more than one employer during a year and paid contributions on total earnings in excess of the contribution and benefit base.

Net contributions thus amounted to $534.8 billion, an increase of 5.5 percent over the amount in the preceding year. The increase in OASI tax contributions from calendar year 2005 to calendar year 2006 is due to increased earnings and the increase in the contribution and benefit base. (Table VI.A1 shows the tax rates and contribution and benefit bases in effect for past years.)

Income based on taxation of benefits amounted to $15.6 billion in 2006. About 99 percent of this income represents amounts credited to the trust funds, on an estimated basis, generally in advance of the actual receipt of taxes by the Treasury. The remaining 1 percent of the total income from taxation of benefits represents amounts withheld from the benefits paid to nonresident aliens.

Table III.A1.-Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Calendar Year 2006 

[In millions]


Total assets, December 31, 2005
 
$1,663,037
Receipts:
 
Contributions:
   
Employment taxes
$536,679
 
   
Payments from the General Fund of the Treasury for contributions subject to refund
-1,892
     
Net contributions
 
534,787
 
Income based on taxation of benefit payments:
   
Withheld from benefit payments to nonresident aliens
143
 
   
All other, not subject to withholding
15,485
 
     
Total income from taxation of benefits
 
15,628
 
Reimbursement from the General Fund of the Treasury for costs of payments
to uninsured persons who attained age 72 before 1968
 
1/
 
Investment income and interest adjustments:
   
   
Interest on investments
90,978
 
   
Interest adjustments2
839
 
     
Total investment income and interest adjustments
 
91,817
 
Gifts
 
1/
Total receipts
 
642,231
Disbursements:
   
 
Benefit payments:
   
   
Gross benefit payments
461,658
 
   
Offset for collected overpayments
-1,201
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for excess amounts of voluntary
income tax withholding
-5,912
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for unnegotiated checks
-52
 
     
Net benefit payments
 
454,493
 
Transfer to the Railroad Retirement "Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account"
 
3,458
 
Payment for costs of vocational rehabilitation services for disabled beneficiaries
 
4
 
Administrative expenses:
   
   
Costs incurred by:
   
     
Social Security Administration
2,458
 
     
Department of the Treasury
557
 
   
Offsetting receipts from sales of supplies, materials, etc.
1/
 
   
Miscellaneous reimbursements from the general fund 3
-4
 
     
Net administrative expenses
 
3,010
Total disbursements
 
460,965
Net increase in assets
 
181,266
Total assets, December 31, 2006
 
1,844,304

1Between -$500,000 and $500,000.

2Includes (1) interest on transfers between the trust fund and the general fund account for the Supplemental Security Income program due to adjustments in the allocation of administrative expenses, (2) interest arising from the revised allocation of administrative expenses among the trust funds, and (3) interest on certain reimbursements to the trust fund.

3Reimbursements for costs incurred in performing certain legislatively mandated activities not directly related to administering the OASI program.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

Special payments are made to uninsured persons who meet certain requirements. The costs associated with providing such payments are largely reimbursed from the General Fund of the Treasury. Accordingly, transfers totaling $15,922 were made in 2006, reflecting costs incurred in fiscal year 2005.

The OASI Trust Fund was credited with interest netting $91.8 billion, which consisted of (1) interest earned on the investments of the trust fund, (2) interest on transfers between the trust fund and the general fund account for the Supplemental Security Income program due to adjustments in the allocation of administrative expenses, (3) interest arising from the revised allocation of administrative expenses among the trust funds, and (4) interest on certain reimbursements to the trust fund, including the interest on special reimbursements related to voluntary income tax withholding described earlier. The remaining $49,668 of receipts consisted of gifts received under the provisions authorizing the deposit of money gifts or bequests in the trust funds.

Of the $461.0 billion in total OASI disbursements, $454.5 billion was for net benefit payments. Excluding the effect of special reimbursements totaling $5.9 billion in principal related to voluntary income tax withholding, net benefit payments would have been $460.4 billion. This higher amount of net benefit payments in calendar year 2006 represents an increase of 5.8 percent over the corresponding amount in calendar year 2005. This increase is due primarily to (1) an increase in the total number of beneficiaries and (2) an increase in the average benefit amount. The increase in the average benefit amount in 2006 was due in large part to the automatic cost-of-living benefit increase of 4.1 percent which became effective for December 2005 under the automatic-adjustment provisions in section 215(i) of the Social Security Act.

Provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act require an annual financial interchange between the Railroad Retirement and OASDI programs. The purpose of such provisions is to put the OASI and DI Trust Funds in the same financial position they would have been had railroad employment always been covered by Social Security. Under those provisions, the Railroad Retirement Board and the Commissioner of Social Security determined that a transfer of $3.5 billion to the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account from the OASI Trust Fund was required in June 2006.

A disbursement of $4 million was made in 2006 to cover the costs of vocational rehabilitation services furnished to disabled widow(er) beneficiaries and to those children of retired or deceased workers who were receiving benefits on the basis of disabilities that began before age 22. Reimbursement from the trust funds for the costs of vocational rehabilitation services is made only in those cases where the services contributed to the successful rehabilitation of the beneficiary.

The remaining $3.0 billion of disbursements from the OASI Trust Fund represented net administrative expenses. The expenses of administering the OASDI and Medicare programs are allocated and charged directly to each of the various trust funds through which those programs are financed, on the basis of provisional estimates. Similarly, the expenses allocated for administering the Supplemental Security Income program are charged directly to the General Fund of the Treasury on a provisional basis. Periodically, as actual experience develops and is analyzed, adjustments to the allocations of administrative expenses for prior periods are effected by interfund transfers and transfers between the OASI Trust Fund and the general fund account for the Supplemental Security Income program, with appropriate interest adjustments. As described earlier, the interest adjustments arising from the reallocation of administrative expenses are recorded in the trust fund accounting under investment income.

Over 80 percent of OASI net administrative expenses represent the cost of administering the program and are charged to the trust fund by the Social Security Administration ($2.5 billion in 2006). In addition, the Department of the Treasury charges directly to the trust fund certain expenses ($0.6 billion in 2006) that it incurs in helping to administer the OASI program. In addition a relatively small adjustment to administrative expenses is an offset ($372,967 in 2006) representing income from the sale of excess supplies and equipment.

Finally, certain net reimbursements are made from the General Fund of the Treasury for administrative costs incurred by the Social Security Administration in performing certain legislatively mandated activities that are not directly related to the OASI program. These reimbursements include the costs associated with union activities related to administering the OASI program and providing information to participants in certain pension plans. Such reimbursements totaled $4 million in 2006.

The assets of the OASI Trust Fund at the end of calendar year 2006 totaled $1,844.3 billion, consisting of $1,845.3 billion in U.S. Government obligations and, as an offset, an extension of credit amounting to $1.0 billion against securities to be redeemed within the following few days. The effective annual rate of interest earned by the assets of the OASI Trust Fund during calendar year 2006 was 5.3 percent, as compared to 5.4 percent earned during calendar year 2005. Table VI.A5, presented in appendix A, shows a detailed listing of OASI Trust Fund holdings by type of security, interest rate, and year of maturity at the end of each year 2005 and 2006.

All securities held by the trust funds are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government, as required by law. Those currently held by the OASI Trust Fund are special issues (i.e., securities sold only to the trust funds). These are of two types: short-term certificates of indebtedness and long-term bonds. The certificates of indebtedness are issued on a daily basis for the investment of receipts not required to meet current expenditures, and they mature on the next June 30 following the date of issue. Special-issue bonds, on the other hand, are normally acquired only when special issues of either type mature on June 30. The amount of bonds acquired on June 30 is equal to the amount of special issues maturing, less amounts required to meet expenditures on that day.

Section 201(d) of the Social Security Act provides that the obligations issued for purchase by the OASI and DI Trust Funds shall have maturities fixed with due regard for the needs of the funds. The usual practice has been to spread the holdings of special issues, as of each June 30, so that the amounts maturing in each of the next 15 years are approximately equal. Accordingly, the amounts and maturity dates of the OASI special-issue bonds purchased on June 30, 2006, with an interest rate of 5.125 percent, were selected so that the maturity dates of the total portfolio of special issues were spread evenly over the 15-year period 2007-21. The amount of bonds purchased on June 30, 2006 is shown in table III.A7.

2. DI Trust Fund

A statement of the income and disbursements of the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in calendar year 2006, and of the assets of the fund at the beginning and end of the calendar year, is presented in table III.A2.

Line entries in the DI statement are similar to those in the OASI statement and the explanations of the OASI entries generally apply to DI as well.

Net contributions amounted to $90.8 billion, an increase of 5.5 percent from the amount in the preceding calendar year. This increase is attributable to the same factors, insofar as they apply to the DI program, which accounted for the change in contributions to the OASI Trust Fund.

Of the $94.5 billion in total disbursements, $91.7 billion was for net benefit payments. Excluding the effect of special reimbursements totaling $0.7 billion in principal related to voluntary income tax withholding, net benefit payments would have been $92.4 billion. This higher amount of net benefit payments in calendar year 2006 represents an increase of 8.2 percent over the corresponding amount of benefit payments in calendar year 2005. This increase in DI benefit payments was due to the same factors that resulted in the net increase in benefit payments from the OASI Trust Fund. However, the number of persons receiving benefits from the DI Trust Fund increased more rapidly in 2006 than the number receiving benefits from the OASI Trust Fund largely due to a) the current ages of the baby-boom generation, b) the scheduled increase in the normal retirement age (NRA), and c) the special administrative action, undertaken by SSA beginning in 2001, to identify and award benefits from the DI Trust Fund to a substantial number of current and former recipients of SSI benefits whose disability-insured status under the DI program was not previously recognized. Total DI disbursements, which started to exceed non-interest income in 2005, continue to exceed such income in 2006. However, as in 2005, total DI income (including interest) in 2006 exceeds total disbursements.

Table III.A2.-Operations of the DI Trust Fund, Calendar Year 2006 

[In millions]


Total assets, December 31, 2005
 
$195,623
Receipts:
   
 
Contributions:
   
   
Employment taxes
$91,129
 
   
Payments from the General Fund of the Treasury for contributions subject to refund
-321
 
     
Net contributions
 
90,808
 
Income based on taxation of benefit payments:
   
   
Withheld from benefit payments to nonresident aliens
4
 
   
All other, not subject to withholding
1,226
 
     
Total income from taxation of benefits
 
1,230
 
Investment income and interest adjustments:
   
   
Interest on investments
10,518
 
   
Interest adjustments 1
85
 
     
Total investment income and interest adjustments
 
10,603
Total receipts
 
102,641
Disbursements:
   
 
Benefit payments:
   
   
Gross benefit payments
93,113
 
   
Offset for collected overpayments
-729
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for excess amounts of voluntary
income tax withholding
-678
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for unnegotiated checks
-26
 
     
Net benefit payments
 
91,680
 
Transfer to the Railroad Retirement "Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account"
 
388
 
Payment for costs of vocational rehabilitation services for disabled beneficiaries
 
61
 
Administrative expenses:
   
   
Costs incurred by:
   
     
Social Security Administration
2,220
 
     
Department of the Treasury
98
 
   
Miscellaneous reimbursements from the general fund 2
8
 
     
Total administrative expenses
 
2,326
Total disbursements
 
94,456
Net increase in assets
 
8,185
Total assets, December 31, 2006
 
203,808

1Includes (1) interest on transfers between the trust fund and the general fund account for the Supplemental Security Income program due to adjustments in the allocation of administrative expenses, (2) interest arising from the revised allocation of administrative expenses among the trust funds, and (3) interest on certain reimbursements to the trust fund.

2Reimbursements for costs incurred in performing certain legislatively mandated activities not directly related to administering the DI program.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

The assets of the DI Trust Fund at the end of calendar year 2006 totaled $203.8 billion, consisting of $203.9 billion in U.S. Government obligations and, as an offset, an extension of credit amounting to $0.1 billion against securities to be redeemed within the following few days. The effective annual rate of interest earned by the assets of the DI Trust Fund during calendar year 2006 was 5.4 percent, compared to 5.5 percent earned during calendar year 2005. Table VI.A6, presented in appendix A, shows a detailed listing of DI Trust Fund holdings by type of security, interest rate, and year of maturity at the end of each year 2005 and 2006.

3. OASI and DI Trust Funds, Combined

A statement of the operations of the income and disbursements of the OASI and DI Trust Funds, on a combined basis, is presented in table III.A3. The entries in this table represent the sums of the corresponding values from tables III.A1 and III.A2. For a discussion of the nature of these income and expenditure transactions, reference should be made to the two preceding subsections covering OASI and DI separately.

Table III.A3.-Operations of the Combined OASI and DI Trust Funds,
Calendar Year 2006 

[In millions]


Total assets, December 31, 2005
 
$1,858,660
Receipts:
   
 
Contributions:
   
   
Employment taxes
$627,808
 
   
Payments from the General Fund of the Treasury for contributions subject to
refund
-2,213
 
     
Net contributions
 
625,594
 
Income based on taxation of benefit payments:
   
   
Withheld from benefit payments to nonresident aliens
147
 
   
All other, not subject to withholding
16,711
 
     
Total income from taxation of benefits
 
16,858
 
Reimbursement from the General Fund of the Treasury for costs of payments
to uninsured persons who attained age 72 before 1968
 
1/
 
Investment income and interest adjustments:
   
   
Interest on investments
101,496
 
   
Interest adjustments 2
924
 
     
Total investment income and interest adjustments
 
102,420
 
Gifts
 
1/
Total receipts
 
744,873
Disbursements:
   
 
Benefit payments:
   
   
Gross benefit payments
554,771
 
   
Offset for collected overpayments
-1,930
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for excess amounts of voluntary
income tax withholding
-6,590
 
   
Reimbursement from the general fund for unnegotiated checks
-78
 
     
Net benefit payments
 
546,173
 
Transfer to the Railroad Retirement "Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account"
 
3,846
 
Payment for costs of vocational rehabilitation services for disabled beneficiaries
 
65
 
Administrative expenses:
   
   
Costs incurred by:
   
     
Social Security Administration
4,677
 
     
Department of the Treasury
656
 
   
Offsetting receipts from sales of supplies, materials, etc.
1/
 
   

Miscellaneous reimbursements from the general fund 3

4
 
     
Net administrative expenses
 
5,337
Total disbursements
 
555,421
Net increase in assets
 
189,452
Total assets, December 31, 2006
 
2,048,112

1Between -$500,000 and $500,000.

2Includes (1) interest on transfers between the trust funds and the general fund account for the Supplemental Security Income program due to adjustments in the allocation of administrative expenses, (2) interest arising from the revised allocation of administrative expenses among the trust funds, and (3) interest on certain reimbursements to the trust funds.

3Reimbursements for costs incurred in performing certain legislatively mandated activities not directly related to administering the OASI and DI programs.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

To provide a context for estimates of future trust fund income and expenditures provided later in this report, table III.A4 compares past estimates of contributions and benefit payments for calendar year 2006, as shown in the 2002-06 Annual Reports, with the corresponding actual amounts in 2006.4

Table III.A4.-Comparison of Actual Calendar Year 2006 Trust Fund Operations
With Estimates Made in Prior Reports 1 

[Amounts in billions]

  
Net contributions  2
 
Benefit payments  3
Amount
Difference
from actual
(percent)
Amount
Difference
from actual
(percent)
OASI Trust Fund:
 
Estimate in 2002 report
$558.3
4.4
 
$459.2
-0.3
 
Estimate in 2003 report
542.9
1.5
 
450.4
-2.2
 
Estimate in 2004 report
528.1
-1.2
 
443.2
-3.7
 
Estimate in 2005 report
528.8
-1.1
 
450.0
-2.3
 
Estimate in 2006 report
532.6
-.4
 
461.7
.3
 
Actual amount
534.8
-
 
4  460.4
-
DI Trust Fund:
 
Estimate in 2002 report
94.8
4.4
 
87.6
-5.2
 
Estimate in 2003 report
92.2
1.5
 
88.8
-4.0
 
Estimate in 2004 report
89.7
-1.2
 
86.4
-6.5
 
Estimate in 2005 report
89.8
-1.1
 
89.0
-3.7
 
Estimate in 2006 report
90.4
-.4
 
93.5
1.2
 
Actual amount
90.8
-
 
4  92.4
-
OASI and DI Trust Funds, combined:
 
Estimate in 2002 report
653.2
4.4
 
546.7
-1.1
 
Estimate in 2003 report
635.1
1.5
 
539.2
-2.5
 
Estimate in 2004 report
617.8
-1.2
 
529.6
-4.2
 
Estimate in 2005 report
618.6
-1.1
 
539.0
-2.5
 
Estimate in 2006 report
623.1
-.4
 
555.2
.4
 
Actual amount
625.6
-
 
4  552.8
-

1 The estimates shown are based on the intermediate assumptions.

2"Actual" contributions for 2006 reflect adjustments for prior calendar years (see appendix A for description of these adjustments). "Estimated" contributions also include such adjustments, but on an estimated basis.

3Includes payments, if any, for vocational rehabilitation services furnished to disabled persons receiving benefits because of their disabilities.

4Excludes reimbursements in 2006 for excess amounts of voluntary income tax withholding in 1999-2005. Reimbursements are $5.9 billion and $0.7 billion for OASI and DI, respectively.

A number of factors can contribute to differences between estimates and subsequent actual amounts, including actual values for key demographic, economic, and other variables that differ from assumed levels. In addition, new legislation or other administrative initiatives that were unanticipated at the time the earlier estimates were completed can contribute to such differences.

At the end of calendar year 2006, about 49.1 million persons were receiving monthly benefits under the OASDI program. Of these persons, about 40.5 million and 8.6 million were receiving monthly benefits from the OASI Trust Fund and the DI Trust Fund, respectively. The number of persons receiving benefits from the OASI and DI Trust Funds grew by 1.0 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively, during the calendar year. The estimated distributions of benefit payments in calendar years 2005 and 2006, by type of beneficiary, are shown in table III.A5 for each trust fund separately.

Table III.A5.-Distribution of Benefit Payments by Type of Beneficiary or Payment,
Calendar Years 2005 and 2006 

[Amounts in millions]

 
Calendar year 2005
 
Calendar year 20061
Amount
Percentage
of total
Amount
Percentage
of total
Total OASDI benefit payments
$520,699
100.0
 
$522,763
100.0
 
OASI benefit payments
435,325
83.6
 
460,405
83.3
 
DI benefit payments
85,373
16.4
 
92,358
16.7
OASI benefit payments, total
435,325
100.0
 
460,405
100.0
 
Monthly benefits:
         
   
Retired workers and auxiliaries
345,056
79.3
 
366,911
79.7
     
Retired workers
321,670
73.9
 
342,826
74.5
     
Spouses
20,497
4.7
 
21,003
4.6
     
Children
2,888
.7
 
3,082
.7
   
Survivors of deceased workers
90,064
20.7
 
93,290
20.3
     
Aged widows and widowers
71,745
16.5
 
74,134
16.1
     
Disabled widows and widowers
1,659
.4
 
1,758
.4
     
Parents
24
2/ 
 
24
 2/ 
     
Children
15,101
3.5
 
15,812
3.4
     
Widowed mothers and fathers
caring for child beneficiaries
1,535
.4
 
1,562
.3
   
Uninsured persons generally aged 72 before 1968
3/ 
 2/ 
 
 3/ 
 2/ 
 
206
2/ 
 
204
2/ 
DI benefit payments, total
85,373
100.0
 
92,358
100.0
   
Disabled workers
78,361
91.8
 
84,928
92.0
   
Spouses
483
.6
 
509
.6
   
Children
6,529
7.6
 
6,921
7.5

1Excludes reimbursements in 2006 for excess amounts of voluntary income tax withholding in 1999-2005. Reimbursements are $5.9 billion and $0.7 billion for OASI and DI, respectively.

2Less than 0.05 percent.

3Less than $500,000.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

Net administrative expenses charged to the OASI and DI Trust Funds in calendar year 2006 totaled $5.3 billion. This amount represented 0.9 percent of contribution income and 1.0 percent of expenditures. Corresponding percentages for each trust fund separately and for the OASDI program as a whole are shown in table III.A6 for each of the last 5 years.

Table III.A6.-Administrative Expenses as a Percentage of Contribution Income and of Total Expenditures, Calendar Years 2002-06
Calendar year
OASI Trust Fund
 
DI Trust Fund
 
OASI and DI
Trust Funds,
combined
Contribution
income
Total
expenditures
Contribution
income
Total
expenditures
Contribution
income
Total
expenditures
2002
0.5
0.5
 
2.7
3.0
 
0.8
0.9
2003
.6
.6
 
2.6
2.7
 
.9
1.0
2004
.5
.6
 
2.7
2.7
 
.8
.9
2005
.6
.7
 
2.7
2.6
 
.9
1.0
2006
.6
.7
 
2.6
2.5
 
.9
1.0

Changes in the invested assets of the OASI and DI funds between the end of 2005 and the end of 2006 are a result of the acquisition and disposition of securities during calendar year 2006. Table III.A7 presents these investment transactions for each trust fund separately and combined.

Table III.A7.-Trust Fund Investment Transactions, Calendar Year 2006

[In millions]

 
OASI
Trust Fund
DI
Trust Fund
OASI and DI
Trust Funds,
combined
Invested assets, December 31, 2005
$1,663,726
$195,715
$1,859,441
Acquisitions:
 
Special issues:
     
   
Certificates of indebtedness
605,932
98,532
704,464
   
Bonds 1
280,103
22,888
302,992
   
Total acquisitions
886,036
121,420
1,007,456
Dispositions:
 
Special issues:
     
   
Certificates of indebtedness
577,034
98,618
675,652
   
Bonds
127,389
14,595
141,984
   
Total dispositions
704,423
113,213
817,636
Net increase in invested assets
181,613
8,207
189,820
Invested assets, December 31, 2006
1,845,339
203,922
2,049,260

1Amounts shown were purchased on June 30, 2006. The interest rate on such purchases was 5.125 percent.

Note: All investments are shown at par value.


1Trust fund data are available by month, quarter, or year on the Social Security website at www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundsQuery.html.

2The overpayments to the IRS had no effect on beneficiaries. The correct amounts of net benefits were paid to these beneficiaries, with the appropriate withholding amounts reported to them on their annual Forms 1099.

3 Because the first reimbursement was limited by statute to the last 4 calendar years (2002-05), legislation (P.L. 109-465) was required to authorize the final reimbursement.

4Estimated amounts used to calculate percentage errors are before rounding to amounts shown in the annual reports.


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