Traditional IRA contribution Question

[srbowthegov17]

Hello I contributed to my wifes traditional IRA for tax year 2019, but made all the contributions in 2020 as I have done in the past.  Turbo Tax is stating in the IRA Contributions worksheet that this cannot be greater than zero when I run the review.    I have done it this way before without error.  So a little confused here.  I am also recharacterizing to a roth this year.  Any input would be appreciated.

[srbowthegov17]

If I do not recharacterize to a roth in turbo tax this error goes away.  It seems to be a bug in the software in my opinion.  I contributed this year for 2019 but it states this should be zero.  I enter in the traditional IRA contribution first then do the recharacterization to a roth for all of it.  Not sure if TT thinks I should have zero contribution after the recharacterization.  

[dmertz]

What does recharacterizing to Roth have to do with the traditional IRA contribution?  Did you wife recharacterize the traditional IRA contribution?  Was the intent to instead do a Roth conversion?

Does the modified AGI for the purpose of a Roth IRA contribution exceed the limit where eligibility for your wife to contribute to a Roth IRA drops to zero?