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Retirement tax questions
Do you have any excess contributions? There is something wrong with the question.
Normally, you can't contribute more than $7000 to any IRA (or $8000 if over age 50). There are no joint IRAs, so a spouse can have a separate IRA, but the IRA provider should not let you even try to deposit more than $8000 per spouse.
Remember that a workplace retirement plan is NOT an IRA. If you have a workplace account like a 401k or 403b, even if it is a Roth, it is ONLY captured from your W-2. When the program asks for IRA contributions, you only enter direct contributions you made to a private IRA. You do not list your workplace contributions again.
Also, you can only contribute to any IRA (traditional or Roth) if you have compensation from working. This is normally self-employment from schedule C, or your W-2 box 1 wages. If you don't have compensation, you can't contribute and all contributions will be excess. And if you enter your contributions before you enter your job income, it will show as excess but that will go away when you enter your income.
Can you start by confirming
1. whether or not you have compensation reported on your W-2 or schedule C?
2. did you actually make IRA contributions or only workplace plans?
3. If you have both a workplace plan and an IRA, did you only enter the IRA?
4. did you enter your IRA and your spouse's IRA separately?