Proposed Provision: E2.1. Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2027 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.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2026151151
2027131131
2028111126
202992123
203074120
203157118
203240116
203323114
20347113
2035-9113
2036-25112
2037-41111
2038-58110
2039-76108
2040-94106
2041-112104
2042-132101
2043-15198
2044-17195
2045-19291
2046-21387
2047-23483
2048-25678
2049-27973
2050-30168
2051-32462
2052-34756
2053-37149
2054-39541
2055-42033
2056-44524
2057-47015
2058-4965
2059-522-6
2060-550-17
2061-578-29
2062-607-41
2063-636-55
2064-666-68
2065-697-83
2066-729-97
2067-761-113
2068-794-129
2069-827-145
2070-861-162
2071-896-180
2072-931-198
2073-967-217
2074-1004-237
2075-1042-257
2076-1081-277
2077-1121-299
2078-1162-321
2079-1204-344
2080-1248-367
2081-1292-391
2082-1337-415
2083-1384-440
2084-1431-465
2085-1480-491
2086-1530-517
2087-1581-544
2088-1633-572
2089-1686-600
2090-1740-628
2091-1795-656
2092-1850-685
2093-1906-714
2094-1962-743
2095-2019-772
2096-2075-801
2097-2132-830
2098-2189-859
2099-2246-888
2100-2303-918
2101-2359-947
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