Turbo tax is erroneously saying that my husband over contributed to his traditional IRA. He did not. What is causing this?

[slmcwalsh]

He is 50+ and contributed $8,000, and is not employed.

[Opus 17 · Accepted solution]

You can't contribute anything to an IRA unless you, or your spouse if married, has income that counts as compensation from working.  Compensation is most often W-2 box 1 wages from a job, or about 92% of net self-employment income (there are a few minor additions).  If you don't have compensation, you can't make any IRA contributions of any kind.