If your income level is above the limit to contribute the full 6k, can you contribute up to that amount in the Roth then contribute the difference in the Traditional IRA & convert it? Say the max you can contribute is 5k could you back door in the additional 1k

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You should be able to. The problem is you won’t know the exact amount until you file your taxes. If you want to wait, you should be fine. I would just backdoor the entire amount assuming you have no traditional Ira balance. There is always a small chance you could get audited in the future and if your tax went up you could have a mess with your direct Roth contribution. That is why my opinion is if you are close to the limit, just use the backdoor

Then you are fine. Some people may have a traditional balance due to a rolled over 401k or they were using a traditional Ira for years and then decided to use Roth. If you currently have no traditional IRAs you are fine.

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