Retirement tax questions

Thank you so much dmertz for the information.  I can see the whole process now. 

 

I would like to clarify that I do not need to file 8606 for my 2022 tax return since it is a Roth IRA even though I received 5498 from Vanguard showing I contributed to a Traditional IRA .   

 

My 2022 tax return did not show a traditional IRA contribution

 

Thank you