While this may not be the case for you.....
Make sure you are not confusing your contributions to something like a 401k plan, thru your employer, as an IRA.
Anything already showing as a contribution, in box 12 of your W-2 is not the same thing as a traditional IRA contribution.
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Some states with Auto-IRA plans, the contributions they "might" show up in box 14 of the W-2, or not at all but instead on separate paperwork......and then yeah, those are IRA contributions.
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
