Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2014 and later, and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301315
2016286316
2017271317
2018257318
2019244320
2020231321
2021218321
2022204320
2023189318
2024173315
2025158312
2026142308
2027125305
2028108301
202990296
203071290
203152285
203231278
203311271
2034-11264
2035-32257
2036-55249
2037-78242
2038-101234
2039-124227
2040-148219
2041-172212
2042-196204
2043-220197
2044-245189
2045-269182
2046-294174
2047-319166
2048-345158
2049-371150
2050-397142
2051-423134
2052-449125
2053-476116
2054-502107
2055-53098
2056-55788
2057-58577
2058-61367
2059-64256
2060-67144
2061-70132
2062-73220
2063-7638
2064-794-5
2065-826-18
2066-859-32
2067-892-46
2068-925-60
2069-959-75
2070-993-90
2071-1028-105
2072-1064-121
2073-1101-137
2074-1139-154
2075-1178-171
2076-1217-188
2077-1258-205
2078-1299-223
2079-1340-241
2080-1382-260
2081-1424-278
2082-1466-297
2083-1508-315
2084-1550-334
2085-1592-354
2086-1635-373
2087-1678-394
2088-1722-414
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