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Retirement tax questions

What the IRS says under "What's new for 2020?": 

Modified AGI limit for traditional IRA contributions. For 2020, if you are covered by a retirement plan at work, your deduction for contributions to a traditional IRA is reduced (phased out) if your modified AGI is:

  • More than $104,000 but less than $124,000 for a married couple filing a joint return or a qualifying widow(er),

  • More than $65,000 but less than $75,000 for a single individual or head of household, or

  • Less than $10,000 for a married individual filing a separate return.

However, right after that it says:

 

Modified AGI limit for certain married individuals.

If you are married and your spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work and you aren’t, and you live with your spouse or file a joint return, your deduction is phased out if your modified AGI is more than $196,000 (up from $193,000 for 2019) but less than $206,000 (up from $203,000 for 2019). If your modified AGI is $206,000 or more, you can’t take a deduction for contributions to a traditional IRA.

 

Seems like the first applies to me and the second applies to her.