No such thing as a traditional Roth IRA. You either have a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA. In order for your 403(b) retirement funds to be not taxable, you need to roll them into a Traditional IRA.
A rollover is not a contribution. You would need to roll over the funds to a traditional IRA, then make a contribution after the rollover, to count as an IRA contribution.
See chart below.
No such thing as a traditional Roth IRA. You either have a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA. In order for your 403(b) retirement funds to be not taxable, you need to roll them into a Traditional IRA.
A rollover is not a contribution. You would need to roll over the funds to a traditional IRA, then make a contribution after the rollover, to count as an IRA contribution.
See chart below.
OK, it's a traditional IRA. What I'm trying to determine is for tax purposes, when funds from a 403b are withdrawn and deposited into a traditional IRA, if that is considered a CONTRIBUTION. If not, what is it called / what do I indicate?
If you take a distribution and later open an IRA, then yes that would be a contribution to an IRA.