Proposed Provision: Expand covered earnings to include contributions to voluntary salary reduction plans (such as Cafeteria 125 plans and Flexible Spending Accounts). Starting in 2014, subject these contributions to the OASDI payroll tax, making the payroll tax treatment of these contributions like 401(k) contributions.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301303
2016286289
2017271277
2018257265
2019244254
2020231242
2021218231
2022204218
2023189205
2024173192
2025158178
2026142163
2027125148
2028108133
202990117
203071100
20315282
20323164
20331145
2034-1125
2035-325
2036-55-15
2037-78-36
2038-101-57
2039-124-78
2040-148-100
2041-172-121
2042-196-143
2043-220-166
2044-245-188
2045-269-210
2046-294-233
2047-319-256
2048-345-279
2049-371-302
2050-397-326
2051-423-349
2052-449-373
2053-476-397
2054-502-422
2055-530-446
2056-557-471
2057-585-497
2058-613-523
2059-642-549
2060-671-576
2061-701-604
2062-732-632
2063-763-660
2064-794-689
2065-826-719
2066-859-748
2067-892-779
2068-925-809
2069-959-841
2070-993-872
2071-1028-905
2072-1064-938
2073-1101-972
2074-1139-1007
2075-1178-1043
2076-1217-1080
2077-1258-1117
2078-1299-1155
2079-1340-1193
2080-1382-1232
2081-1424-1271
2082-1466-1309
2083-1508-1348
2084-1550-1387
2085-1592-1426
2086-1635-1466
2087-1678-1506
2088-1722-1546
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