Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2021 and later (phased in 2015-2020), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2014 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to 134 percent of the monthly current-law taxable maximum; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.
  
    OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
    (assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
    
    
    
    
    
      
        | Year | Present Law | Provision | 
    
    
      | 2014 | 320 | 320 | 
| 2015 | 306 | 306 | 
| 2016 | 292 | 294 | 
| 2017 | 277 | 284 | 
| 2018 | 262 | 277 | 
| 2019 | 248 | 271 | 
| 2020 | 233 | 268 | 
| 2021 | 219 | 266 | 
| 2022 | 203 | 265 | 
| 2023 | 187 | 263 | 
| 2024 | 171 | 261 | 
| 2025 | 154 | 257 | 
| 2026 | 137 | 253 | 
| 2027 | 119 | 249 | 
| 2028 | 101 | 244 | 
| 2029 | 83 | 240 | 
| 2030 | 64 | 235 | 
| 2031 | 44 | 229 | 
| 2032 | 23 | 223 | 
| 2033 | 2 | 217 | 
| 2034 | -20 | 211 | 
| 2035 | -42 | 204 | 
| 2036 | -65 | 197 | 
| 2037 | -88 | 190 | 
| 2038 | -112 | 183 | 
| 2039 | -136 | 176 | 
| 2040 | -160 | 169 | 
| 2041 | -185 | 162 | 
| 2042 | -210 | 156 | 
| 2043 | -235 | 149 | 
| 2044 | -260 | 143 | 
| 2045 | -285 | 137 | 
| 2046 | -310 | 130 | 
| 2047 | -336 | 124 | 
| 2048 | -362 | 117 | 
| 2049 | -388 | 111 | 
| 2050 | -415 | 105 | 
| 2051 | -442 | 98 | 
| 2052 | -468 | 91 | 
| 2053 | -495 | 84 | 
| 2054 | -523 | 77 | 
| 2055 | -550 | 70 | 
| 2056 | -578 | 62 | 
| 2057 | -606 | 54 | 
| 2058 | -635 | 46 | 
| 2059 | -664 | 37 | 
| 2060 | -694 | 28 | 
| 2061 | -725 | 19 | 
| 2062 | -756 | 9 | 
| 2063 | -787 | 0 | 
| 2064 | -819 | -11 | 
| 2065 | -852 | -21 | 
| 2066 | -885 | -32 | 
| 2067 | -918 | -43 | 
| 2068 | -952 | -55 | 
| 2069 | -987 | -67 | 
| 2070 | -1022 | -79 | 
| 2071 | -1057 | -92 | 
| 2072 | -1094 | -105 | 
| 2073 | -1132 | -118 | 
| 2074 | -1171 | -132 | 
| 2075 | -1210 | -146 | 
| 2076 | -1251 | -160 | 
| 2077 | -1293 | -174 | 
| 2078 | -1335 | -189 | 
| 2079 | -1378 | -204 | 
| 2080 | -1421 | -219 | 
| 2081 | -1464 | -234 | 
| 2082 | -1507 | -250 | 
| 2083 | -1550 | -265 | 
| 2084 | -1593 | -281 | 
| 2085 | -1636 | -297 | 
| 2086 | -1680 | -313 | 
| 2087 | -1724 | -329 | 
| 2088 | -1769 | -346 | 
| 2089 | -1814 | -364 | 
    
  
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