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1, 2 and 3.  If you are under age 59½, you'll have a 10% early-distribution penalty on gains included with the returned $2,000.  The gains are shown in box 2a of the code J8 2021 Form 1099-R.  If you were over age 59½ at the time of the return of contribution, you'll need to claim an Other reason to the early-distribution penalty that the code J otherwise indicates.

 

4.  You can't recharacterize what has already been distributed as a return of contribution.  You can make a new contribution to a traditional IRA since the return of contribution makes it as if you had never contributed the $2,000 to the Roth IRA.