Proposed Provision: Apply 3 percent payroll tax rate on earnings over $300,000 in 2018, with the $300,000 threshold wage-indexed after 2018. Give proportional benefit credit for additional earnings in AIME for benefit computation.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346346
2014341341
2015335335
2016330330
2017324324
2018317317
2019309311
2020299304
2021289295
2022277285
2023264275
2024251263
2025237251
2026221237
2027205223
2028189208
2029171193
2030154177
2031136161
2032117144
203398127
203479110
20355992
20363975
20371957
2038-139
2039-2120
2040-422
2041-63-16
2042-84-35
2043-105-54
2044-126-72
2045-147-91
2046-168-110
2047-189-129
2048-211-148
2049-233-167
2050-255-186
2051-277-206
2052-299-225
2053-321-245
2054-344-265
2055-366-285
2056-389-306
2057-412-327
2058-436-348
2059-460-369
2060-485-391
2061-509-413
2062-534-436
2063-560-459
2064-586-482
2065-612-506
2066-638-530
2067-665-554
2068-692-578
2069-720-603
2070-748-629
2071-776-654
2072-805-681
2073-834-707
2074-864-734
2075-894-762
2076-925-790
2077-957-819
2078-989-848
2079-1021-878
2080-1054-908
2081-1087-938
2082-1121-970
2083-1156-1001
2084-1191-1034
2085-1227-1066
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