You entered a $7,000 traditional IRA for you and a $7,000 traditional IRA for your spouse and got the excess contribution warning? Did you have enough taxable compensation to make the contribution (Wages, self-employment)?
For 2021 the total contributions you make each year to all of your traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can't be more than:
- $6,000 ($7,000 if you're age 50 or older), or
- If less, your taxable compensation for the year
If you have indeed an excess contribution then to avoid the 6% tax on excess contributions, you must withdraw:
- the excess contributions from your IRA by the due date of your individual income tax return (including extensions); and
- any income earned on the excess contribution.
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