Hmmmn, it may become important to answer the questions of which version of TurboTax you are using.
I just ran a test in the cd/download version (called "desktop" internally), and it worked fine.
I entered two W-2s, one for your spouse and one for you for $7,010. I set you to be 64, and because this was a leftover test return, the spouse was 55. I had you contribute $8,000 to your IRA your spouse contributed zero. The only question TurboTax had was did you want the entire amount to be deductible (recommended)?
The $8,000 showed up as a deduction on line 20 of Schedule 1 (1040). This happened whether or not I checked that your spouse was covered by a retirement plan at work.
So was there anything different in your return than what I posted above? For example, did your spouse have an IRA and make any contributions to it?
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