Proposed Provision: E2.4. Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2025 and later (phased in 2019-2025), 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 2018 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 Current Law Provision
2018288288
2019272272
2020256258
2021239246
2022223236
2023206228
2024188221
2025171216
2026154212
2027137209
2028120205
2029104201
203086197
203169193
203251189
203333185
203414180
2035-5176
2036-25171
2037-46165
2038-67160
2039-88154
2040-110149
2041-132143
2042-154138
2043-176133
2044-199128
2045-221123
2046-244118
2047-267113
2048-289109
2049-312104
2050-33599
2051-35895
2052-38190
2053-40386
2054-42681
2055-45076
2056-47371
2057-49665
2058-52060
2059-54454
2060-56947
2061-59441
2062-61934
2063-64527
2064-67120
2065-69812
2066-7254
2067-752-4
2068-780-13
2069-808-22
2070-837-32
2071-866-41
2072-896-51
2073-927-62
2074-958-73
2075-990-84
2076-1023-95
2077-1057-107
2078-1092-118
2079-1128-130
2080-1165-143
2081-1202-155
2082-1240-167
2083-1278-179
2084-1316-192
2085-1354-204
2086-1392-217
2087-1430-229
2088-1468-242
2089-1505-254
2090-1543-267
2091-1580-280
2092-1618-293
2093-1655-306
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