Description of Proposed Provision:
E3.16: Beginning in 2020, apply 4 percent payroll tax rate on earnings above the wage-indexed equivalent of $400,000 in 2015 (about $462,300 in 2020), with the threshold wage-indexed after 2020. Provide benefit credit for additional earnings taxed, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings taxed only between 2015 wage-indexed equivalents of $400,000 and $500,000, or about $462,300 and $578,100 in 2020 (with thresholds wage-indexed after 2020); and (2) a formula factor of 2 percent on this newly computed "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
201913.9512.87-1.08
272
0.000.000.00
202014.1213.19-0.94
256
0.000.290.29
202114.2713.23-1.04
241
-0.000.310.31
202214.4413.26-1.18
227
-0.000.310.31
202314.6213.28-1.34
212
-0.000.310.31
202414.8013.30-1.50
196
-0.000.310.31
202514.9813.32-1.67
181
-0.000.310.31
202615.1613.44-1.72
165
-0.000.310.31
202715.3613.46-1.91
150
-0.000.300.31
202815.5813.48-2.11
135
-0.000.300.31
202915.7913.49-2.30
120
-0.000.300.31
203015.9813.51-2.47
104
-0.000.300.31
203116.1613.52-2.64
89
-0.000.300.31
203216.3213.53-2.78
73
-0.000.300.31
203316.4513.54-2.91
56
-0.000.300.31
203416.5613.55-3.01
39
-0.000.300.31
203516.6513.56-3.09
22
-0.000.310.31
203616.7213.57-3.15
4
-0.000.310.31
203716.7813.57-3.21
----
-0.000.310.31
203816.8213.58-3.24
----
-0.000.310.31
203916.8313.58-3.25
----
-0.000.310.31
204016.8313.58-3.25
----
-0.000.310.31
204116.8113.58-3.23
----
-0.000.310.31
204216.7713.58-3.19
----
-0.000.310.31
204316.7313.58-3.15
----
-0.000.310.31
204416.6913.58-3.11
----
-0.000.310.31
204516.6613.58-3.08
----
-0.000.310.31
204616.6213.57-3.05
----
-0.000.310.31
204716.6013.57-3.02
----
-0.010.310.31
204816.5713.57-3.00
----
-0.010.310.31
204916.5513.57-2.97
----
-0.010.310.31
205016.5413.57-2.96
----
-0.010.310.31
205116.5313.58-2.95
----
-0.010.310.31
205216.5313.58-2.95
----
-0.010.310.31
205316.5413.58-2.96
----
-0.010.310.31
205416.5513.58-2.97
----
-0.010.310.31
205516.5813.58-3.00
----
-0.010.310.32
205616.6213.59-3.03
----
-0.010.310.32
205716.6613.59-3.07
----
-0.010.310.32
205816.7013.59-3.11
----
-0.010.310.32
205916.7513.60-3.15
----
-0.010.310.32
206016.8013.60-3.20
----
-0.010.310.32
206116.8513.61-3.24
----
-0.010.310.32
206216.9013.61-3.29
----
-0.010.310.32
206316.9513.62-3.34
----
-0.010.310.32
206417.0013.62-3.39
----
-0.010.310.32
206517.0613.62-3.43
----
-0.010.310.32
206617.1113.63-3.49
----
-0.010.310.32
206717.1713.63-3.54
----
-0.010.310.32
206817.2313.64-3.60
----
-0.010.310.32
206917.2913.64-3.65
----
-0.010.310.32
207017.3513.65-3.71
----
-0.010.310.32
207117.4113.65-3.76
----
-0.010.310.32
207217.4613.65-3.80
----
-0.010.310.32
207317.5013.66-3.85
----
-0.010.310.32
207417.5413.66-3.88
----
-0.010.310.32
207517.5813.66-3.91
----
-0.010.310.32
207617.6013.67-3.93
----
-0.010.310.32
207717.6113.67-3.95
----
-0.010.310.32
207817.6113.67-3.95
----
-0.010.310.32
207917.6113.67-3.94
----
-0.010.310.32
208017.5913.67-3.93
----
-0.010.310.32
208117.5813.67-3.91
----
-0.010.310.32
208217.5613.67-3.89
----
-0.010.310.32
208317.5413.67-3.88
----
-0.010.310.32
208417.5313.66-3.86
----
-0.010.310.33
208517.5213.66-3.85
----
-0.010.310.33
208617.5213.66-3.85
----
-0.010.310.33
208717.5213.66-3.86
----
-0.010.310.33
208817.5313.67-3.87
----
-0.010.310.33
208917.5613.67-3.89
----
-0.010.310.33
209017.5913.67-3.92
----
-0.010.310.33
209117.6213.67-3.95
----
-0.010.320.33
209217.6713.68-3.99
----
-0.010.320.33
209317.7113.68-4.03
----
-0.010.320.33


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 16.68% 14.14% -2.54%
2036
-0.01% 0.30% 0.31%

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