Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in 2032, new trustees report finds

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The Social Security Administration released a new report on Tuesday with new projections as to when the trust funds it relies on to help pay benefits may be depleted.

The retirement trust fund will run out in 2032, at which point 78% of benefits will be payable, according to the latest projections.

While Social Security has never missed a payment, the looming shortfall may prompt benefit cuts unless Congress takes action.

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The trust fund Social Security relies on to help pay retirement benefits may run out in 2032, at which point 78% of benefits will be payable, according to the Social Security Administration’s annual trustees report released on Tuesday.

That projected depletion date is one year sooner than had been estimated last spring.

The new projected depletion date follows the enactment of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” tax law, which Social Security’s chief actuary said in an August letter would have “material effects” on the financial status of the trust funds since it impacts income taxation of Social Security benefits.

The OASI trust fund, formally known as Old Age and Survivors Insurance, or OASI, if combined with the disability insurance trust fund, may be able to pay full benefits until 2034, when 83% of benefits will be payable, according to the new report.

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