Your Traditional or Roth IRA account is considered a "tax-advantaged" account. This means that there are tax advantages for investing in one of these retirement accounts (see Differences between a Roth and Traditional IRA for a summary). Each year that you contribute to your IRA you need to report it on your tax return (you may be eligible for a tax deduction so you should definitely do this).
Here are the steps to locate a summary of your total yearly contributions. Note that we will also provide a form 5498, which is a statement for the IRS showing all of your contributions to your IRA for the year.

