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It's now beyond the deadline for correcting an excess 2021 Roth IRA contribution before the due date of your 2021 tax return, so you owe a 6% excess-contribution penalty for 2021, reported on 2021 Form 5329.  If not already done, you need to file that form and pay the penalty.

 

This excess carried into 2022 from 2021 can be corrected in one of two ways to avoid another 6% penalty for 2022.  Since you are eligible to make a 2022 Roth IRA contribution you can apply the excess as your 2022 Roth IRA contribution to the extent that your total IRA contributions for the year do not exceed the annual limit.  Otherwise you can make a regular distribution of exactly the amount of the excess, with no adjustment for investment gain or loss.  In either case your 2022 Form 5329 will show the resolution of the excess contribution.