dmertz
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

TurboTax does the calculation correctly.

 

"Marie’s MAGI is $144,175 (it’s not, that’s our combined MAGI),"  There is only one MAGI on a joint tax return and is the MAGI of both of you.

 

In addition to verifying that Marie's W-2 does not have box 13 Retirement plan marked, make sure that you have identified your W-2 as belonging to you, not to Marie.  Edit your W-2 in TurboTax to check.

 

If Marie's W-2 has box 13 Retirement plan marked, perhaps the company provides a pension plan that would make her covered.