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Retirement tax questions
Trustee-to-trustee transfers from a traditional IRA to another traditional IRA or from a Roth IRA to another Roth IRA are not reportable, so they are not reported on either Form 1099-R nor on Form 5498. They are neither distributions nor rollovers, they are simply transfers. Movement of the 401(k)s to IRAs is always reportable since these movements of funds can only be done by distribution and rollover. These distributions and rollovers will appear on Forms 1099-R and Forms 5498.
All amounts reported in box 1 of Forms 1099-R are income. What you did with the money determines whether or not it is taxable income that is includible on form 1040 line 4b. In your case, the amount rolled over is not taxable income.
Mark the Total distribution box the same as is on the Form 1099-R provided by the payer. Don't worry about the fact that the account was subsequently reestablished to receive the employer contribution for 2017.