Proposed Provision: E1.9. Increase the payroll tax rate (currently 12.4 percent) by 0.1 percentage point each year from 2020-2043, until the rate reaches 14.8 percent in 2043. Then increase the payroll tax rate an additional 0.1 percentage point in each year from 2082-2086, until the rate reaches 15.3 percent for 2086 and later.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2016303303
2017293293
2018277277
2019262262
2020246246
2021231232
2022216218
2023200203
2024183189
2025165174
2026149161
2027132148
2028115136
202998124
203081113
203164102
20324691
20332780
2034870
2035-1160
2036-3050
2037-5040
2038-7131
2039-9122
2040-11213
2041-1335
2042-154-2
2043-176-8
2044-197-14
2045-218-20
2046-240-26
2047-262-31
2048-283-37
2049-305-42
2050-327-48
2051-349-53
2052-371-58
2053-393-64
2054-415-69
2055-437-75
2056-460-81
2057-482-87
2058-506-93
2059-529-100
2060-553-107
2061-578-115
2062-603-122
2063-628-130
2064-654-139
2065-680-147
2066-706-156
2067-733-165
2068-760-175
2069-788-184
2070-816-195
2071-845-205
2072-874-216
2073-905-227
2074-935-239
2075-967-250
2076-1000-263
2077-1033-275
2078-1068-288
2079-1102-301
2080-1138-314
2081-1173-327
2082-1208-340
2083-1243-353
2084-1279-365
2085-1314-377
2086-1349-388
2087-1384-399
2088-1419-410
2089-1455-421
2090-1491-433
2091-1528-445
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