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Between 1975 and 2008, the OASI was subject to ten actual revisions and three minor legislative revisions. An 11th revision is under discussion in 2009. This is a pay-as-you-go pension system, the law on occupational pensions (2nd pillar) being a funded pension system. The OASI also allows for a (partial) redistribution of wealth. [2]
While FICA payroll taxes accounted for 90% of Social Security’s revenue in 2021, AARP reported, most of the rest was funded through the OASI trust fund and interest earned by the fund.
The Social Security Administration collects payroll taxes and uses the money collected to pay Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits by way of trust funds. When the program runs a surplus, the excess funds increase the value of the Trust Fund. As of 2021, the Trust Fund contained (or alternatively, was owed) $2.908 trillion.
Sanders' bill would take an even more aggressive approach to payroll tax collection. Instead of being reinstated on earned income above $400,000, the Social Security Expansion Act calls for the 12 ...
Among the proposals to bolster Social Security before the OASI runs dry are to hike Social Security payroll taxes and/or raise the income threshold at which taxes are no longer deducted. Currently ...
Meanwhile, Congress amended the IRC several times again to both ensure that the prohibition on borrowing (on a deductible basis) to fund insurance acquisitions was clear and to deny the tax-free nature of death benefits to corporate employer in some situations (e.g., if the insured was not provided with adequate advance notice and an ...
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The Social Security COLA is implemented each year to help account for inflation. In 2024, the COLA is 3.2%. That will drop to 2.5% in 2025, the Social Security Administration reported in October 2024.