Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2021 and later (phased in 2015-2020), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2014 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to 134 percent of the monthly current-law taxable maximum; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292294
2017277284
2018262277
2019248271
2020233268
2021219266
2022203265
2023187263
2024171261
2025154257
2026137253
2027119249
2028101244
202983240
203064235
203144229
203223223
20332217
2034-20211
2035-42204
2036-65197
2037-88190
2038-112183
2039-136176
2040-160169
2041-185162
2042-210156
2043-235149
2044-260143
2045-285137
2046-310130
2047-336124
2048-362117
2049-388111
2050-415105
2051-44298
2052-46891
2053-49584
2054-52377
2055-55070
2056-57862
2057-60654
2058-63546
2059-66437
2060-69428
2061-72519
2062-7569
2063-7870
2064-819-11
2065-852-21
2066-885-32
2067-918-43
2068-952-55
2069-987-67
2070-1022-79
2071-1057-92
2072-1094-105
2073-1132-118
2074-1171-132
2075-1210-146
2076-1251-160
2077-1293-174
2078-1335-189
2079-1378-204
2080-1421-219
2081-1464-234
2082-1507-250
2083-1550-265
2084-1593-281
2085-1636-297
2086-1680-313
2087-1724-329
2088-1769-346
2089-1814-364
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