Rachel_W
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Retirement tax questions

No, unfortunately, there is no way around this unless the Employer is willing to issue a corrected W2 without the pension plan box checked.

The IRS considers you to be "covered" for the whole year, even if it was only one day.  

If the pension plan box is checked on the Form W2, the IRS has this information and will consider your husband "covered" by an employer plan for 2018.

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