Proposed Provision: E3.16. Beginning in 2020, apply 4 percent payroll tax rate on earnings above the wage-indexed equivalent of $400,000 in 2015 (about $462,300 in 2020), with the threshold wage-indexed after 2020. Provide benefit credit for additional earnings taxed, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings taxed only between 2015 wage-indexed equivalents of $400,000 and $500,000, or about $462,300 and $578,100 in 2020 (with thresholds wage-indexed after 2020); and (2) a formula factor of 2 percent on this newly computed "AIME+".

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

Year Current Law Provision
2018288288
2019272272
2020256256
2021239241
2022223227
2023206212
2024188196
2025171181
2026154165
2027137150
2028120135
2029104120
203086104
20316989
20325173
20333356
20341439
2035-522
2036-254
2037-46-14
2038-67-33
2039-88-52
2040-110-72
2041-132-92
2042-154-112
2043-176-132
2044-199-152
2045-221-172
2046-244-192
2047-267-212
2048-289-233
2049-312-253
2050-335-273
2051-358-293
2052-381-314
2053-403-334
2054-426-355
2055-450-375
2056-473-396
2057-496-417
2058-520-438
2059-544-460
2060-569-482
2061-594-504
2062-619-527
2063-645-551
2064-671-574
2065-698-598
2066-725-623
2067-752-648
2068-780-673
2069-808-698
2070-837-725
2071-866-751
2072-896-778
2073-927-806
2074-958-835
2075-990-864
2076-1023-894
2077-1057-925
2078-1092-956
2079-1128-989
2080-1165-1022
2081-1202-1056
2082-1240-1090
2083-1278-1125
2084-1316-1159
2085-1354-1194
2086-1392-1228
2087-1430-1263
2088-1468-1297
2089-1505-1331
2090-1543-1365
2091-1580-1399
2092-1618-1433
2093-1655-1467
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