Retirement tax questions

 "401K from the previous company. "

 

Generally, once you already have funds in an IRA, you can't do a tax-free backdoor Roth contribution.

You may convert any dollar amount you want from IRA to Roth IRA.

See mandatory Form 8606  to find out the effect of any non-deductible contributions (called basis) made prior to your conversion on the resulting taxable amount. 

The actual tax will depend on your tax bracket.

 

@NN24