Description of Proposed Provision:
D2: The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2019, until the percent reaches 33 in 2035.

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
201913.9512.87-1.08
272
-0.00-0.000.00
202014.1212.89-1.23
256
-0.00-0.000.00
202114.2712.92-1.35
239
-0.00-0.000.00
202214.4412.95-1.49
223
-0.00-0.000.00
202314.6212.97-1.65
206
-0.00-0.000.00
202414.8012.99-1.81
188
-0.00-0.000.00
202514.9813.01-1.97
171
-0.01-0.000.01
202615.1513.13-2.02
154
-0.01-0.000.01
202715.3513.15-2.20
137
-0.01-0.000.01
202815.5613.17-2.39
121
-0.02-0.000.02
202915.7713.19-2.58
104
-0.02-0.000.02
203015.9513.20-2.75
87
-0.03-0.000.03
203116.1213.21-2.91
70
-0.04-0.000.03
203216.2713.22-3.05
52
-0.04-0.000.04
203316.4013.23-3.16
34
-0.05-0.000.05
203416.5013.24-3.26
16
-0.06-0.000.06
203516.5813.25-3.33
----
-0.07-0.000.07
203616.6413.26-3.39
----
-0.08-0.000.07
203716.7013.26-3.43
----
-0.09-0.010.08
203816.7213.26-3.46
----
-0.10-0.010.09
203916.7313.27-3.46
----
-0.11-0.010.10
204016.7113.27-3.45
----
-0.11-0.010.11
204116.6913.27-3.42
----
-0.12-0.010.11
204216.6513.27-3.38
----
-0.13-0.010.12
204316.6013.26-3.34
----
-0.13-0.010.12
204416.5613.26-3.30
----
-0.13-0.010.13
204516.5213.26-3.26
----
-0.14-0.010.13
204616.4913.26-3.23
----
-0.14-0.010.13
204716.4613.26-3.20
----
-0.14-0.010.13
204816.4313.26-3.17
----
-0.15-0.010.14
204916.4113.26-3.15
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205016.3913.26-3.13
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205116.3813.26-3.12
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205216.3813.26-3.12
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205316.3913.26-3.13
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205416.4113.26-3.15
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205516.4413.27-3.17
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205616.4713.27-3.20
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205716.5113.27-3.24
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205816.5613.28-3.28
----
-0.15-0.010.14
205916.6113.28-3.32
----
-0.15-0.010.15
206016.6513.29-3.37
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206116.7013.29-3.41
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206216.7513.29-3.46
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206316.8113.30-3.51
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206416.8613.30-3.56
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206516.9113.31-3.61
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206616.9713.31-3.66
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206717.0313.31-3.71
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206817.0813.32-3.77
----
-0.16-0.010.15
206917.1413.32-3.82
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207017.2013.33-3.88
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207117.2613.33-3.93
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207217.3113.33-3.98
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207317.3513.34-4.02
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207417.3913.34-4.05
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207517.4313.34-4.08
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207617.4513.34-4.10
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207717.4613.35-4.12
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207817.4613.35-4.12
----
-0.16-0.010.15
207917.4613.35-4.11
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208017.4413.35-4.10
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208117.4313.34-4.08
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208217.4113.34-4.07
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208317.3913.34-4.05
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208417.3813.34-4.04
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208517.3713.34-4.03
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208617.3713.34-4.03
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208717.3713.34-4.03
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208817.3913.34-4.04
----
-0.16-0.010.15
208917.4113.34-4.06
----
-0.16-0.010.15
209017.4413.35-4.09
----
-0.16-0.010.15
209117.4713.35-4.13
----
-0.16-0.010.15
209217.5213.35-4.17
----
-0.16-0.010.15
209317.5613.35-4.21
----
-0.16-0.010.15


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 16.57% 13.84% -2.74%
2034
-0.11% -0.01% 0.10%

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