<prompt> Human: So my wife worked for a large corporation for about 3 years. She quit about 5 weeks ago or so. She started her new job a week after she quit and we had prepared to have that week long break unpaid for her. To our surprise, we received a paycheck from her company that week. At the time, since it was just a few days after she quit, I chalked it up to backpay andor vacation payout. It wasnt. She received another paycheck a few days ago. So were now up to about 3200 in pay from them that we werent supposed to get.Now a few details that are important here. Her boss had also quit about a month before she did and the whole quitting process seemed strange. She told her bosss boss and the guy who was temporarily acting as her boss as well as the whole team she worked with. It wasnt like this was a surprise. More than likely, though, someone on their side made a mistake and forgot to fill out the necessary paperwork to get her properly cut from the system.So my questions are, how do we go about handling this? What usually happens in these situations? Since she has documented emails telling the company that shes quitting on x date this is clearly their fault. What does that mean for us? Will the company take any kind of action against us besides just nicely asking for the money back? Also, how does this affect our taxes? Next year, will we need to now receive a W2 from this company for these weeks of pay that shouldnt have happened her last day was right before the new year?  <response>: Dont spend that money. Set it aside because it will be backed out of your direct deposit when they realize the mistake. Have your wife call somebody in payroll at her old company and talk to them directly to fix this. 