is a rollover into a roth considered a personal contribution
A rollover is considered an entirely different action from a contribution. Thus, the amount of a rollover has no impact on the contribution limit for the year. If you roll $100,000 from a traditional IRA to a Roth in 2013, you can still contribute $5,500, or $6,500 if you are 50 or older, to the Roth.y contrast, you must stop putting money in a traditional IRA and start taking distributions from the account at age 70 1/2. Consequently, some taxpayers choose to roll traditional IRA or other retirement plan assets into a Roth IRA.