Proposed Provision: Tax Reform for Individuals: Starting in 2016, modify personal income tax by: (a) establishing two-brackets with marginal rates of 15 and 27 percent separated at $51,000 (CPI indexed); (b) creating a non-refundable credit for low-income tax filers age 65 and older; and (c) treating capital gains as regular income. Tax all Social Security benefits at the applicable marginal rate (15 or 27 percent) less 7.5 percent, with 60 percent of this revenue going to OASDI and 40 percent going to HI.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277278
2018262265
2019248251
2020233237
2021219223
2022203209
2023187194
2024171178
2025154161
2026137145
2027119128
2028101110
20298392
20306473
20314453
20322333
2033212
2034-20-9
2035-42-31
2036-65-53
2037-88-76
2038-112-99
2039-136-123
2040-160-147
2041-185-171
2042-210-196
2043-235-220
2044-260-245
2045-285-270
2046-310-295
2047-336-320
2048-362-346
2049-388-372
2050-415-398
2051-442-424
2052-468-451
2053-495-477
2054-523-504
2055-550-532
2056-578-559
2057-606-587
2058-635-616
2059-664-645
2060-694-674
2061-725-704
2062-756-735
2063-787-766
2064-819-798
2065-852-830
2066-885-863
2067-918-896
2068-952-930
2069-987-964
2070-1022-999
2071-1057-1034
2072-1094-1071
2073-1132-1108
2074-1171-1147
2075-1210-1186
2076-1251-1226
2077-1293-1268
2078-1335-1310
2079-1378-1352
2080-1421-1395
2081-1464-1437
2082-1507-1480
2083-1550-1523
2084-1593-1566
2085-1636-1609
2086-1680-1652
2087-1724-1696
2088-1769-1740
2089-1814-1785
back