Proposed Provision: E1.9. Increase the payroll tax rate (currently 12.4 percent) by 0.1 percentage point each year from 2021-2044, until the rate reaches 14.8 percent in 2044. Then increase the payroll tax rate an additional 0.1 percentage point in each year from 2083-2087, until the rate reaches 15.3 percent for 2087 and later.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273273
2020259259
2021245245
2022230231
2023215217
2024199203
2025182188
2026165174
2027148160
2028130146
2029112133
203094120
203175107
20325694
20333781
20341668
2035-455
2036-2643
2037-4730
2038-7018
2039-927
2040-115-4
2041-138-15
2042-161-25
2043-184-34
2044-207-42
2045-230-50
2046-253-58
2047-276-65
2048-300-72
2049-323-79
2050-346-86
2051-370-94
2052-393-100
2053-417-107
2054-440-114
2055-464-122
2056-487-129
2057-511-136
2058-536-144
2059-560-152
2060-585-160
2061-611-169
2062-637-178
2063-663-187
2064-690-196
2065-717-206
2066-745-216
2067-772-226
2068-801-237
2069-829-248
2070-858-259
2071-888-271
2072-918-283
2073-949-295
2074-981-308
2075-1014-321
2076-1047-335
2077-1082-349
2078-1117-363
2079-1153-378
2080-1190-392
2081-1227-407
2082-1264-422
2083-1300-436
2084-1337-451
2085-1374-464
2086-1410-477
2087-1446-490
2088-1483-503
2089-1520-515
2090-1557-528
2091-1595-541
2092-1633-555
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