Excess Roth IRA contributions

I am looking for some help with excess Roth contributions.

We contributed the maximum amount to our Roth last year and on tax time found that our modified AGI fell in the band that requires a reduced contribution. Using the IRS pub 560 I calculated the amount that I needed to withdrawl and did so. My IRA provider gave me the excess earnings. Following a thread I saw here earlier I then made up a 1099-R form in Turbo Tax and tried to enter these earnings to account for them in my return. The problem is that when I do that it pushes my modified AGI higher which then further decreases the amount I can contribute to my Roth IRA. Was I supposed to account for these additional earnings when I did the excess contribution calculation earlier? I am not sure how to proceed from here? Appreciate any assistance someone might provide.

Thanks,

Mike Einhorn

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