Proposed Provision: F5. Tax Reform for Business: Establish a value added tax (VAT) of 3.0 percent for 2021 and 6.5 percent for 2022 and later. Assume about 75% of personal consumption expenditures is subject to the VAT.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229226
2023213207
2024197188
2025180169
2026163149
2027147131
2028130112
202911493
20309775
20318056
20326337
20334618
203428-2
203510-22
2036-9-43
2037-28-64
2038-47-85
2039-67-106
2040-87-128
2041-108-150
2042-129-173
2043-150-195
2044-171-217
2045-192-240
2046-213-262
2047-234-285
2048-255-307
2049-276-329
2050-297-351
2051-318-373
2052-338-394
2053-359-416
2054-380-438
2055-401-460
2056-422-481
2057-444-503
2058-465-525
2059-487-547
2060-509-570
2061-531-592
2062-554-616
2063-577-639
2064-601-663
2065-625-688
2066-649-712
2067-674-737
2068-699-763
2069-724-788
2070-749-814
2071-776-841
2072-802-868
2073-830-896
2074-857-924
2075-885-953
2076-914-982
2077-944-1012
2078-975-1044
2079-1007-1076
2080-1039-1109
2081-1072-1143
2082-1106-1177
2083-1139-1211
2084-1173-1246
2085-1207-1281
2086-1242-1316
2087-1275-1350
2088-1309-1384
2089-1342-1418
2090-1375-1451
2091-1407-1484
2092-1439-1517
2093-1471-1549
2094-1503-1582
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