Proposed Provision: Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2020 and later. Phase in elimination by taxing all earnings above the current-law taxable maximum at: 2.48 percent in 2016, 4.96 percent in 2017, and so on, up to 12.40 percent in 2020. 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 2014 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; and (2) a formula factor of 5 percent on this newly computed "AIME+".

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277281
2018262273
2019248268
2020233265
2021219266
2022203265
2023187263
2024171260
2025154256
2026137252
2027119248
2028101244
202983239
203064234
203144228
203223222
20332215
2034-20208
2035-42201
2036-65194
2037-88187
2038-112179
2039-136172
2040-160165
2041-185158
2042-210151
2043-235144
2044-260137
2045-285130
2046-310123
2047-336116
2048-362109
2049-388102
2050-41595
2051-44287
2052-46880
2053-49572
2054-52364
2055-55056
2056-57848
2057-60639
2058-63530
2059-66420
2060-69410
2061-7250
2062-756-10
2063-787-21
2064-819-33
2065-852-44
2066-885-56
2067-918-68
2068-952-81
2069-987-94
2070-1022-107
2071-1057-121
2072-1094-135
2073-1132-150
2074-1171-165
2075-1210-180
2076-1251-195
2077-1293-211
2078-1335-227
2079-1378-243
2080-1421-260
2081-1464-276
2082-1507-293
2083-1550-310
2084-1593-327
2085-1636-344
2086-1680-362
2087-1724-380
2088-1769-398
2089-1814-417
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