Proposed Provision: Starting in 2015, allow workers to choose whether to have their payroll tax rate reduced by 2 percentage points. For each calendar year that a worker chooses to have their payroll tax reduced, their normal retirement age (NRA) increases 1 month. We assume 2/3 of workers each year will choose this payroll reduction. The General Fund of the Treasury reimburses the OASI and DI Trust Funds for the reduction in payroll tax revenue.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277277
2018262263
2019248248
2020233234
2021219220
2022203205
2023187189
2024171174
2025154157
2026137141
2027119124
2028101107
20298389
20306471
20314453
20322333
2033213
2034-20-7
2035-42-27
2036-65-49
2037-88-70
2038-112-92
2039-136-114
2040-160-136
2041-185-158
2042-210-181
2043-235-203
2044-260-225
2045-285-248
2046-310-270
2047-336-293
2048-362-316
2049-388-339
2050-415-362
2051-442-385
2052-468-408
2053-495-431
2054-523-454
2055-550-477
2056-578-500
2057-606-523
2058-635-547
2059-664-571
2060-694-595
2061-725-620
2062-756-645
2063-787-670
2064-819-696
2065-852-722
2066-885-748
2067-918-775
2068-952-802
2069-987-830
2070-1022-858
2071-1057-886
2072-1094-916
2073-1132-945
2074-1171-976
2075-1210-1007
2076-1251-1039
2077-1293-1072
2078-1335-1105
2079-1378-1139
2080-1421-1174
2081-1464-1208
2082-1507-1243
2083-1550-1277
2084-1593-1311
2085-1636-1346
2086-1680-1381
2087-1724-1416
2088-1769-1451
2089-1814-1487
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