Proposed Provision: F4. Expand covered earnings to include contributions to voluntary salary reduction plans (such as Cafeteria 125 plans and Flexible Spending Accounts). Starting in 2017, subject these contributions to the OASDI payroll tax, making the payroll tax treatment of these contributions like 401(k) contributions.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2016303303
2017293293
2018277280
2019262267
2020246255
2021231242
2022216229
2023200215
2024183201
2025165186
2026149171
2027132157
2028115142
202998128
203081113
20316498
20324683
20332767
2034851
2035-1134
2036-3017
2037-500
2038-71-18
2039-91-36
2040-112-54
2041-133-72
2042-154-91
2043-176-109
2044-197-128
2045-218-146
2046-240-165
2047-262-184
2048-283-203
2049-305-222
2050-327-241
2051-349-261
2052-371-280
2053-393-299
2054-415-319
2055-437-339
2056-460-359
2057-482-380
2058-506-400
2059-529-422
2060-553-443
2061-578-466
2062-603-488
2063-628-511
2064-654-535
2065-680-559
2066-706-583
2067-733-607
2068-760-632
2069-788-658
2070-816-684
2071-845-710
2072-874-737
2073-905-765
2074-935-793
2075-967-822
2076-1000-852
2077-1033-883
2078-1068-914
2079-1102-945
2080-1138-977
2081-1173-1009
2082-1208-1041
2083-1243-1073
2084-1279-1105
2085-1314-1137
2086-1349-1169
2087-1384-1201
2088-1419-1233
2089-1455-1266
2090-1491-1299
2091-1528-1332
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