Proposed Provision: Apply 2 percent payroll tax rate on earnings over $400,000 in 2018, with the $400,000 threshold wage-indexed after 2018. Give no benefit credit for additional earnings in AIME for benefit computation.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346346
2014341341
2015335335
2016330330
2017324324
2018317317
2019309310
2020299302
2021289292
2022277282
2023264270
2024251258
2025237244
2026221230
2027205215
2028189199
2029171183
2030154167
2031136150
2032117132
203398114
20347996
20355978
20363959
20371940
2038-121
2039-212
2040-42-17
2041-63-36
2042-84-56
2043-105-75
2044-126-95
2045-147-115
2046-168-134
2047-189-154
2048-211-174
2049-233-194
2050-255-215
2051-277-235
2052-299-256
2053-321-276
2054-344-297
2055-366-318
2056-389-340
2057-412-362
2058-436-384
2059-460-406
2060-485-429
2061-509-452
2062-534-475
2063-560-499
2064-586-523
2065-612-547
2066-638-572
2067-665-597
2068-692-623
2069-720-648
2070-748-674
2071-776-701
2072-805-728
2073-834-755
2074-864-783
2075-894-812
2076-925-841
2077-957-870
2078-989-900
2079-1021-931
2080-1054-962
2081-1087-993
2082-1121-1025
2083-1156-1058
2084-1191-1091
2085-1227-1124
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