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Description of Proposed Provision:
Make all earnings subject to the employer OASDI payroll tax beginning in 2011. For the employee OASDI payroll tax and for benefit calculation purposes, the taxable maximum would equal the present-law taxable maximum for years 2010 and earlier. Beginning in 2011, the taxable maximum would be raised each year by an additional 2 percent over the current-law, wage-indexed amount until earnings subject to payroll taxes equals 90 percent of all covered earnings.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2010 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
[As a percentage of taxable payroll]
Present Law Change from present law Results with this provision
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
-1.92 -4.12 1.42 1.39 -0.50 -2.72


graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under
                 present law and provision. click on graph to view underlying
                 data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under present law
                 and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.
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