Proposed Provision: E2.4. Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2032 and later (phased in 2026-2032), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2025 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to $10,245 in 2026, indexed by wages after 2026; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2025169169
2026149149
2027131133
2028113120
202995109
203078100
20316093
20324388
20332685
2034983
2035-981
2036-2778
2037-4575
2038-6372
2039-8368
2040-10264
2041-12260
2042-14356
2043-16451
2044-18547
2045-20642
2046-22837
2047-25032
2048-27227
2049-29521
2050-31715
2051-34010
2052-3633
2053-386-3
2054-409-10
2055-433-18
2056-457-25
2057-481-33
2058-505-42
2059-530-51
2060-556-60
2061-582-70
2062-609-81
2063-636-92
2064-664-103
2065-692-114
2066-721-126
2067-750-139
2068-780-151
2069-810-164
2070-840-178
2071-871-192
2072-903-206
2073-935-221
2074-967-236
2075-1000-251
2076-1035-267
2077-1070-284
2078-1106-301
2079-1142-318
2080-1180-336
2081-1219-354
2082-1258-372
2083-1298-391
2084-1338-409
2085-1380-429
2086-1423-448
2087-1466-467
2088-1510-487
2089-1554-506
2090-1599-526
2091-1643-545
2092-1687-564
2093-1731-583
2094-1774-602
2095-1816-620
2096-1858-638
2097-1900-656
2098-1941-673
2099-1982-691
2100-2022-709
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