Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2013 and later, and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum, adding a bend point at the current-law taxable maximum and applying a formula factor of 3 percent for AIME above this new bend point.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315330
2015302333
2016290336
2017277339
2018265342
2019253345
2020240346
2021227345
2022212343
2023197340
2024181337
2025164332
2026147327
2027129322
2028110316
202990310
203070303
203149296
203227288
20335280
2034-18272
2035-41264
2036-65256
2037-89248
2038-114240
2039-138232
2040-163224
2041-189216
2042-215209
2043-240202
2044-266194
2045-292187
2046-319180
2047-346172
2048-373165
2049-400158
2050-428151
2051-456144
2052-484136
2053-512129
2054-540121
2055-569113
2056-598105
2057-62897
2058-65789
2059-68881
2060-71972
2061-75063
2062-78255
2063-81446
2064-84737
2065-88027
2066-91318
2067-9468
2068-980-2
2069-1014-12
2070-1049-22
2071-1084-32
2072-1120-43
2073-1156-54
2074-1193-66
2075-1230-77
2076-1268-89
2077-1307-101
2078-1346-113
2079-1385-126
2080-1425-139
2081-1465-152
2082-1505-165
2083-1547-179
2084-1588-193
2085-1631-207
2086-1673-222
2087-1717-237
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