Launch Excel and click the "Data" ribbon tab. Select "From Text." A "Text Import Wizard – Step 1 of 3" dialog box will appear. Browse for the Word form you want to import and click on it.

IRS’s Direct File to let users import W-2 forms, other data The tax agency will start accepting 2024 tax returns on Jan. 27 and expand the Direct File system for free tax filing to more states.

Starting this season, users of the IRS’s Direct File service will be able to import biographical and W-2 wage information directly from their IRS account, the tax agency said Friday.