Proposed Provision: C1.5. Starting in 2020, allow workers to choose whether to have their payroll tax rate reduced by 2 percentage points. For each calendar year that a worker chooses to have their payroll tax reduced, their normal retirement age (NRA) increases 1 month. We assume 2/3 of workers each year will choose this payroll reduction. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the OASI and DI Trust Funds for the reduction in payroll tax revenue.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229230
2023213214
2024197198
2025180181
2026163165
2027147149
2028130132
2029114116
203097100
20318084
20326367
20334651
20342834
20351016
2036-9-1
2037-28-19
2038-47-38
2039-67-56
2040-87-75
2041-108-94
2042-129-113
2043-150-133
2044-171-152
2045-192-171
2046-213-190
2047-234-209
2048-255-227
2049-276-246
2050-297-264
2051-318-283
2052-338-301
2053-359-319
2054-380-336
2055-401-354
2056-422-372
2057-444-390
2058-465-407
2059-487-425
2060-509-443
2061-531-460
2062-554-478
2063-577-497
2064-601-515
2065-625-534
2066-649-553
2067-674-572
2068-699-591
2069-724-611
2070-749-631
2071-776-651
2072-802-672
2073-830-693
2074-857-715
2075-885-737
2076-914-760
2077-944-783
2078-975-807
2079-1007-832
2080-1039-857
2081-1072-883
2082-1106-909
2083-1139-935
2084-1173-962
2085-1207-989
2086-1242-1015
2087-1275-1042
2088-1309-1068
2089-1342-1094
2090-1375-1120
2091-1407-1146
2092-1439-1171
2093-1471-1197
2094-1503-1222
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