Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2025 and later. Phase in elimination by taxing all earnings above the current-law taxable maximum at: 1.24 percent in 2016, 2.48 percent in 2017, and so on, up to 11.16 percent in 2024. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum, adding a bend point at the current-law taxable maximum and applying a formula factor of 5 percent for AIME above this new bend point.
OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
| Year |
Present Law |
Provision |
| 2014 | 320 | 320 |
| 2015 | 306 | 306 |
| 2016 | 292 | 292 |
| 2017 | 277 | 279 |
| 2018 | 262 | 268 |
| 2019 | 248 | 258 |
| 2020 | 233 | 250 |
| 2021 | 219 | 243 |
| 2022 | 203 | 237 |
| 2023 | 187 | 231 |
| 2024 | 171 | 225 |
| 2025 | 154 | 221 |
| 2026 | 137 | 217 |
| 2027 | 119 | 213 |
| 2028 | 101 | 208 |
| 2029 | 83 | 203 |
| 2030 | 64 | 198 |
| 2031 | 44 | 192 |
| 2032 | 23 | 185 |
| 2033 | 2 | 178 |
| 2034 | -20 | 170 |
| 2035 | -42 | 163 |
| 2036 | -65 | 155 |
| 2037 | -88 | 146 |
| 2038 | -112 | 138 |
| 2039 | -136 | 130 |
| 2040 | -160 | 122 |
| 2041 | -185 | 114 |
| 2042 | -210 | 106 |
| 2043 | -235 | 98 |
| 2044 | -260 | 89 |
| 2045 | -285 | 81 |
| 2046 | -310 | 73 |
| 2047 | -336 | 65 |
| 2048 | -362 | 57 |
| 2049 | -388 | 48 |
| 2050 | -415 | 40 |
| 2051 | -442 | 31 |
| 2052 | -468 | 23 |
| 2053 | -495 | 14 |
| 2054 | -523 | 5 |
| 2055 | -550 | -5 |
| 2056 | -578 | -15 |
| 2057 | -606 | -25 |
| 2058 | -635 | -35 |
| 2059 | -664 | -46 |
| 2060 | -694 | -57 |
| 2061 | -725 | -69 |
| 2062 | -756 | -81 |
| 2063 | -787 | -93 |
| 2064 | -819 | -106 |
| 2065 | -852 | -119 |
| 2066 | -885 | -132 |
| 2067 | -918 | -146 |
| 2068 | -952 | -160 |
| 2069 | -987 | -174 |
| 2070 | -1022 | -189 |
| 2071 | -1057 | -204 |
| 2072 | -1094 | -220 |
| 2073 | -1132 | -236 |
| 2074 | -1171 | -252 |
| 2075 | -1210 | -269 |
| 2076 | -1251 | -286 |
| 2077 | -1293 | -304 |
| 2078 | -1335 | -321 |
| 2079 | -1378 | -339 |
| 2080 | -1421 | -357 |
| 2081 | -1464 | -376 |
| 2082 | -1507 | -394 |
| 2083 | -1550 | -413 |
| 2084 | -1593 | -431 |
| 2085 | -1636 | -450 |
| 2086 | -1680 | -469 |
| 2087 | -1724 | -489 |
| 2088 | -1769 | -509 |
| 2089 | -1814 | -529 |
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