Proposed Provision: E2.1. Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2025 and later, and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Do not provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum.
  
    OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
    (assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
    
    
    
    
    
      
        | Year | 
        Current Law | 
        Provision | 
      
    
    
      | 2024 | 188 | 188 |       
| 2025 | 171 | 171 |       
| 2026 | 152 | 168 |       
| 2027 | 134 | 165 |       
| 2028 | 117 | 163 |       
| 2029 | 101 | 162 |       
| 2030 | 84 | 160 |       
| 2031 | 68 | 159 |       
| 2032 | 53 | 157 |       
| 2033 | 37 | 157 |       
| 2034 | 22 | 156 |       
| 2035 | 7 | 156 |       
| 2036 | -9 | 155 |       
| 2037 | -26 | 154 |       
| 2038 | -43 | 153 |       
| 2039 | -60 | 152 |       
| 2040 | -78 | 150 |       
| 2041 | -96 | 148 |       
| 2042 | -115 | 146 |       
| 2043 | -135 | 144 |       
| 2044 | -154 | 141 |       
| 2045 | -174 | 139 |       
| 2046 | -194 | 136 |       
| 2047 | -215 | 133 |       
| 2048 | -235 | 130 |       
| 2049 | -256 | 127 |       
| 2050 | -277 | 123 |       
| 2051 | -299 | 119 |       
| 2052 | -320 | 115 |       
| 2053 | -342 | 110 |       
| 2054 | -364 | 105 |       
| 2055 | -386 | 100 |       
| 2056 | -409 | 94 |       
| 2057 | -431 | 88 |       
| 2058 | -455 | 82 |       
| 2059 | -478 | 75 |       
| 2060 | -502 | 67 |       
| 2061 | -527 | 59 |       
| 2062 | -553 | 51 |       
| 2063 | -579 | 42 |       
| 2064 | -605 | 33 |       
| 2065 | -632 | 24 |       
| 2066 | -660 | 14 |       
| 2067 | -688 | 4 |       
| 2068 | -716 | -6 |       
| 2069 | -745 | -17 |       
| 2070 | -774 | -28 |       
| 2071 | -803 | -39 |       
| 2072 | -834 | -51 |       
| 2073 | -864 | -63 |       
| 2074 | -895 | -76 |       
| 2075 | -927 | -88 |       
| 2076 | -960 | -102 |       
| 2077 | -993 | -115 |       
| 2078 | -1027 | -129 |       
| 2079 | -1062 | -143 |       
| 2080 | -1098 | -157 |       
| 2081 | -1134 | -172 |       
| 2082 | -1172 | -186 |       
| 2083 | -1209 | -201 |       
| 2084 | -1248 | -216 |       
| 2085 | -1287 | -231 |       
| 2086 | -1327 | -246 |       
| 2087 | -1368 | -261 |       
| 2088 | -1409 | -276 |       
| 2089 | -1450 | -290 |       
| 2090 | -1491 | -305 |       
| 2091 | -1532 | -320 |       
| 2092 | -1573 | -334 |       
| 2093 | -1612 | -348 |       
| 2094 | -1651 | -362 |       
| 2095 | -1689 | -375 |       
| 2096 | -1727 | -389 |       
| 2097 | -1764 | -402 |       
| 2098 | -1801 | -416 |       
| 2099 | -1838 | -430 | 
    
    
  
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