In 2007, the Social Security Trustees suggested that either the payroll tax could increase to 16.41 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to 17.60 percent in 2081 or a cut in benefits by 25 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to an overall cut of 30 percent in 2081.
effective rate of protection. the real amount of PROTECTION accorded to domestic suppliers of a final product when a TARIFF is applied to a competing imported final product (see IMPORTS), but either no tariff, or a lower rate of tariff, is applied on FACTOR INPUTS that are imported to produce that product.
Individual Rate Protection For BAH. 1  Individual Rate Protection, adopted by Congress at the turn of the century, protects military service members from the widespread BAH rate drops, like the one experienced in 2011. In 2011 and for the first time since 1998, average BAH rates across the country dropped. The 0.6 percent BAH drop at the beginning of 2011 reflected changes in average rental costs across 366 military housing locations. Alabama BAH Rates.