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The law only permits you to remove by return of excess contribution only actual excess contributions, so TurboTax will not permit you to enter anything greater. Anything distributed beyond the excess contribution plus any earnings attributable to the excess contribution is a regular distribution.
Your advisor had an interesting suggestion, implying that the a portion of the excess was an excess contribution for 2019. That could only work if you actually make an excess contribution of $230 for 2019 (which would effectively return to the account the $230 that should not have been removed), but it would be a bit difficult to explain to the IRS how you could make a return of excess contribution before actually making the excess contribution for 2019. There can also be problems if an adjusted amount is distributed to account for investment gain or loss.
The $460 should not separately be added as Miscellaneous Income. TurboTax automatically adds the $460 as Miscellaneous Income when the contribution was made through your employer (code W on your W-2) and TurboTax calculates a $460 excess.
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