Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2020 and later (phased in 2014-2019), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that were taxed after 2013, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula uses: (1) an “AIME+” derived from annual earnings from each year after 2013 that were in excess of that year’s current-law taxable maximum; (2) a bend point equal to 134 percent higher of the monthly current-law taxable maximum; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent, respectively.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301303
2016286293
2017271285
2018257281
2019244279
2020231279
2021218280
2022204280
2023189280
2024173278
2025158276
2026142273
2027125271
2028108268
202990264
203071260
203152255
203231250
203311244
2034-11238
2035-32232
2036-55226
2037-78220
2038-101214
2039-124208
2040-148202
2041-172196
2042-196191
2043-220185
2044-245180
2045-269174
2046-294169
2047-319163
2048-345158
2049-371153
2050-397147
2051-423142
2052-449136
2053-476130
2054-502124
2055-530117
2056-557110
2057-585103
2058-61396
2059-64288
2060-67181
2061-70172
2062-73264
2063-76355
2064-79446
2065-82636
2066-85927
2067-89217
2068-9256
2069-959-4
2070-993-15
2071-1028-27
2072-1064-38
2073-1101-50
2074-1139-62
2075-1178-75
2076-1217-88
2077-1258-101
2078-1299-114
2079-1340-127
2080-1382-140
2081-1424-154
2082-1466-168
2083-1508-182
2084-1550-196
2085-1592-211
2086-1635-225
2087-1678-241
2088-1722-256
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