Description of Proposed Provision:
B7.3: Give credit to parents with a child under 6 for earnings for up to five years. The earnings credited for a childcare year equal one half of the SSA average wage index (about $25,947 in 2018). The credits are available for all past years to newly eligible retired-worker and disabled-worker beneficiaries starting in 2019. The 5 years are chosen to yield the largest increase in AIME.

Financial Estimates for the OASDI Trust Fund Program

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
  Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll

Trust fund
ratio as of
January 1
Expressed as a percentage of
current-law taxable payroll
Calendar
year
Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Annual
balance
201813.8112.64-1.17
288
0.000.000.00
201913.9612.87-1.09
272
0.000.00-0.00
202014.1412.89-1.24
256
0.010.00-0.01
202114.2912.92-1.37
239
0.020.00-0.02
202214.4712.95-1.52
222
0.030.00-0.03
202314.6712.97-1.70
204
0.040.00-0.04
202414.8613.00-1.87
187
0.060.00-0.06
202515.0513.01-2.04
169
0.070.00-0.07
202615.2413.14-2.11
152
0.080.00-0.08
202715.4613.16-2.30
134
0.100.00-0.09
202815.6913.18-2.52
117
0.110.00-0.11
202915.9213.19-2.72
100
0.120.00-0.12
203016.1213.21-2.91
82
0.140.01-0.13
203116.3113.22-3.09
64
0.150.01-0.14
203216.4813.23-3.24
45
0.160.01-0.15
203316.6213.24-3.38
26
0.170.01-0.16
203416.7413.25-3.49
7
0.180.01-0.17
203516.8413.26-3.58
----
0.190.01-0.18
203616.9213.27-3.65
----
0.200.01-0.19
203716.9913.27-3.71
----
0.210.01-0.20
203817.0313.28-3.76
----
0.210.01-0.20
203917.0513.28-3.77
----
0.220.01-0.21
204017.0513.28-3.77
----
0.230.01-0.22
204117.0413.28-3.76
----
0.230.01-0.22
204217.0113.28-3.73
----
0.240.01-0.23
204316.9813.28-3.70
----
0.250.01-0.23
204416.9513.28-3.66
----
0.250.01-0.24
204516.9213.28-3.64
----
0.260.01-0.25
204616.8913.28-3.61
----
0.260.01-0.25
204716.8713.28-3.59
----
0.270.01-0.26
204816.8513.28-3.57
----
0.270.01-0.26
204916.8313.28-3.55
----
0.280.01-0.26
205016.8213.28-3.54
----
0.280.01-0.27
205116.8213.28-3.54
----
0.290.01-0.27
205216.8213.28-3.54
----
0.290.01-0.28
205316.8413.28-3.55
----
0.290.01-0.28
205416.8613.29-3.57
----
0.300.01-0.28
205516.8913.29-3.60
----
0.300.01-0.29
205616.9313.29-3.63
----
0.300.01-0.29
205716.9713.30-3.67
----
0.310.01-0.29
205817.0213.30-3.72
----
0.310.01-0.29
205917.0713.31-3.76
----
0.310.01-0.30
206017.1213.31-3.81
----
0.310.01-0.30
206117.1713.31-3.86
----
0.310.02-0.30
206217.2313.32-3.91
----
0.320.02-0.30
206317.2813.32-3.96
----
0.320.02-0.30
206417.3313.33-4.01
----
0.320.02-0.30
206517.3913.33-4.06
----
0.320.02-0.31
206617.4513.33-4.11
----
0.320.02-0.31
206717.5113.34-4.17
----
0.320.02-0.31
206817.5713.34-4.23
----
0.330.02-0.31
206917.6313.35-4.28
----
0.330.02-0.31
207017.6913.35-4.34
----
0.330.02-0.31
207117.7513.36-4.39
----
0.330.02-0.31
207217.8013.36-4.44
----
0.330.02-0.31
207317.8413.36-4.48
----
0.330.02-0.32
207417.8913.37-4.52
----
0.330.02-0.32
207517.9213.37-4.55
----
0.330.02-0.32
207617.9413.37-4.57
----
0.330.02-0.32
207717.9613.37-4.59
----
0.330.02-0.32
207817.9613.37-4.59
----
0.330.02-0.32
207917.9513.37-4.58
----
0.330.02-0.32
208017.9413.37-4.57
----
0.330.02-0.32
208117.9213.37-4.55
----
0.330.02-0.32
208217.9013.37-4.53
----
0.330.02-0.32
208317.8913.37-4.52
----
0.330.02-0.32
208417.8713.37-4.50
----
0.330.02-0.32
208517.8613.37-4.50
----
0.330.02-0.32
208617.8613.37-4.49
----
0.330.02-0.32
208717.8713.37-4.50
----
0.330.02-0.32
208817.8813.37-4.51
----
0.330.02-0.32
208917.9013.37-4.53
----
0.330.02-0.32
209017.9313.37-4.56
----
0.330.02-0.32
209117.9713.37-4.60
----
0.330.02-0.32
209218.0113.38-4.64
----
0.340.02-0.32
209318.0613.38-4.68
----
0.340.02-0.32


Summarized Estimates

  Proposal   Change from Current Law
Years Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance

Year of reserve
depletion
1

Cost
rate
Income
rate
Actuarial
balance
2018-2092 16.92% 13.85% -3.07%
2034
0.24% 0.01% -0.23%

1 Under current law, the year of Trust Fund reserve depletion is 2034.
Based on Intermediate Assumptions of the 2018 Trustees Report.