Social Security Payroll Tax Expansion (Above $250,000)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-21 — Social Security 2100 Act: cross-connection with social-security-2100-act: The 2100 Act pairs benefit expansion with lifting the payroll tax cap on higher earners, overlapping with the standalone payroll tax expansion proposals. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-05-08 — Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act: cross-connection with medicare-social-security-fair-share-act: Both proposals extend payroll tax obligations to high earners above the current Social Security wage base, targeting similar income thresholds. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-23 — Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2026: cross-connection with expanding-social-security-act-2026: Payroll tax base expansion above $250,000 is a common financing mechanism for Social Security benefit expansion bills like HR9415. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-02-27 — Social Security Expansion Act: HR1700 (Social Security Expansion Act, introduced) would apply Social Security payroll taxes to earnings above $250,000, using this expanded base to fund benefit increases including a new minimum benefit and student benefits to age 22. (novelty: 3)