Proposed Provision: C1.5. Starting in 2019, 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 Current Law Provision
2018288288
2019272272
2020256256
2021239240
2022223223
2023206206
2024188189
2025171173
2026154156
2027137140
2028120123
2029104107
20308690
20316974
20325157
20333339
20341421
2035-53
2036-25-16
2037-46-35
2038-67-55
2039-88-75
2040-110-95
2041-132-115
2042-154-136
2043-176-156
2044-199-177
2045-221-197
2046-244-218
2047-267-238
2048-289-258
2049-312-279
2050-335-299
2051-358-319
2052-381-338
2053-403-358
2054-426-378
2055-450-397
2056-473-417
2057-496-436
2058-520-456
2059-544-476
2060-569-496
2061-594-516
2062-619-536
2063-645-557
2064-671-577
2065-698-598
2066-725-619
2067-752-641
2068-780-663
2069-808-685
2070-837-708
2071-866-731
2072-896-755
2073-927-779
2074-958-804
2075-990-829
2076-1023-855
2077-1057-882
2078-1092-909
2079-1128-938
2080-1165-967
2081-1202-996
2082-1240-1026
2083-1278-1056
2084-1316-1087
2085-1354-1117
2086-1392-1147
2087-1430-1178
2088-1468-1208
2089-1505-1238
2090-1543-1268
2091-1580-1298
2092-1618-1328
2093-1655-1358
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