Description of Proposed Provision:
E2.1: Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2019 and later, and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Do not provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum.

Financial Estimates for the OASDI Trust Fund Program

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
  Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll

Trust fund
ratio as of
January 1
Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll
Calendar
year
Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance
201813.8112.64-1.17
288
0.000.000.00
201913.9515.061.11
272
0.002.192.19
202014.1215.251.13
271
-0.002.362.36
202114.2715.281.02
270
-0.012.362.37
202214.4315.300.87
268
-0.012.362.36
202314.6115.320.70
265
-0.012.352.36
202414.8015.340.54
261
-0.012.352.35
202514.9815.340.37
257
-0.012.332.34
202615.1515.450.30
253
-0.012.322.33
202715.3515.460.11
249
-0.012.312.32
202815.5715.48-0.09
244
-0.012.312.32
202915.7815.50-0.28
239
-0.012.312.32
203015.9715.51-0.46
235
-0.012.312.32
203116.1515.52-0.62
231
-0.012.312.32
203216.3015.54-0.76
226
-0.022.312.33
203316.4315.55-0.89
223
-0.022.312.33
203416.5515.56-0.99
219
-0.022.312.33
203516.6315.56-1.07
214
-0.022.312.33
203616.7015.57-1.13
210
-0.022.312.33
203716.7615.58-1.18
205
-0.032.312.34
203816.7915.58-1.21
200
-0.032.312.34
203916.8015.59-1.22
195
-0.032.312.34
204016.8015.59-1.21
190
-0.032.312.34
204116.7815.59-1.19
185
-0.032.312.35
204216.7415.59-1.15
181
-0.032.312.35
204316.7015.59-1.11
176
-0.042.322.35
204416.6615.59-1.07
172
-0.042.322.36
204516.6215.59-1.03
168
-0.042.322.36
204616.5815.59-1.00
164
-0.042.322.36
204716.5615.59-0.97
160
-0.052.322.36
204816.5315.59-0.94
156
-0.052.322.37
204916.5015.59-0.92
152
-0.052.322.37
205016.4915.59-0.90
149
-0.052.322.37
205116.4815.59-0.89
145
-0.062.322.38
205216.4815.59-0.89
141
-0.062.322.38
205316.4815.59-0.89
137
-0.062.322.38
205416.5015.59-0.90
133
-0.062.322.38
205516.5215.60-0.93
129
-0.062.322.39
205616.5615.60-0.95
125
-0.072.322.39
205716.6015.61-0.99
121
-0.072.322.39
205816.6415.61-1.03
116
-0.072.322.40
205916.6915.62-1.07
111
-0.072.322.40
206016.7315.62-1.11
105
-0.082.332.40
206116.7815.62-1.15
100
-0.082.332.40
206216.8315.63-1.20
94
-0.082.332.41
206316.8815.63-1.25
88
-0.082.332.41
206416.9315.64-1.29
82
-0.082.332.41
206516.9815.64-1.34
75
-0.092.332.42
206617.0415.65-1.39
68
-0.092.332.42
206717.0915.65-1.44
60
-0.092.332.42
206817.1515.66-1.49
53
-0.092.332.42
206917.2115.66-1.55
45
-0.092.332.42
207017.2715.67-1.60
36
-0.092.332.43
207117.3315.67-1.65
28
-0.092.332.43
207217.3715.68-1.69
19
-0.102.342.43
207317.4215.68-1.73
9
-0.102.342.43
207417.4615.69-1.77
----
-0.102.342.44
207517.4915.69-1.80
----
-0.102.342.44
207617.5115.69-1.82
----
-0.102.342.44
207717.5315.70-1.83
----
-0.102.342.44
207817.5315.70-1.83
----
-0.102.342.44
207917.5215.70-1.82
----
-0.102.342.44
208017.5115.70-1.81
----
-0.102.352.44
208117.4915.70-1.79
----
-0.102.352.45
208217.4715.70-1.77
----
-0.102.352.45
208317.4615.70-1.75
----
-0.102.352.45
208417.4415.70-1.74
----
-0.102.352.45
208517.4315.70-1.73
----
-0.102.352.45
208617.4315.70-1.73
----
-0.102.352.45
208717.4415.71-1.73
----
-0.102.352.45
208817.4515.71-1.74
----
-0.102.362.45
208917.4715.71-1.76
----
-0.102.362.45
209017.5015.71-1.79
----
-0.102.362.46
209117.5415.72-1.82
----
-0.102.362.46
209217.5815.72-1.86
----
-0.102.362.46
209317.6315.73-1.90
----
-0.102.362.46


Summarized Estimates

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
Years Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance

Year of reserve
depletion
1

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance
2018-2092 16.63% 16.14% -0.50%
2073
-0.05% 2.29% 2.35%

1 Under current law, the year of Trust Fund reserve depletion is 2034.
Based on Intermediate Assumptions of the 2018 Trustees Report.