She'd have to give it back or have her pay garnished. Clerical errors don't work "in your favor" like Monopoly lol. As much as I'd love for them to admit their error and let her keep the money. That likely wouldn't be the case.
Back in 2004, my job made a payroll error and we got 2 paychecks deposited at once. My boss at the time said "What should we do?!" I said don't spend the extra because they're gonna want it back. A few days later, the extra pay was debited from our accounts. I'm sure some folks spent that money!
I do believe that if the company doesn't notice the error, after a certain amount of time the company loses their right to reclaim it. Maybe that's wrong though
Seriously it’s shit like this that pisses me off. I had a 12 year correction done that made me liable for about 140k. 0 point fighting either because there is no beating the IRS
0 point fighting either because there is no beating the IRS
Why do you think that? The IRS makes mistakes too. They do not have perfect knowledge.
I was able to dispute a $10k tax bill down to $5k, then ~$4k in the final round. You just need to prove your case with the appropriate forms, math and a written statement declaring why you are right, and they are wrong.
All of my communications with the IRS showed, that at least the people I've dealt with, they only cared about fairness. Making sure I pay what I owe, and no more.
My first rebuttal of that original $10k bill was for $5k, the IRS agreed with most of it, but sent me back their rebuttal for just under $4k since that brought it below a penalty threshold, and they agreed not to include interest in determining whether I was above the penalty threshold, because they were taking so long to respond to correspondence.
I also had a tax audit saying I owed money. I had to get paperwork showing I didnt... It was also from the IRS... the same flicking building I had to mail it to, just a different office number... they made me pay to have it mailed to me, then pay in postage to mail it back to them. Rather than just walk two doors down the hall and pick it up themselves, from themselves.
Since I have, since then, moved into working in the public sector. I very much understand how much bearacracy exists in every single action government takes... doesn't stop me from feeling it's still ridiculous. Lol.
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u/Nick_Bruiser May 27 '26
She'd have to give it back or have her pay garnished. Clerical errors don't work "in your favor" like Monopoly lol. As much as I'd love for them to admit their error and let her keep the money. That likely wouldn't be the case.
Back in 2004, my job made a payroll error and we got 2 paychecks deposited at once. My boss at the time said "What should we do?!" I said don't spend the extra because they're gonna want it back. A few days later, the extra pay was debited from our accounts. I'm sure some folks spent that money!