<prompt> Human: My father and i both work for the same company and have the same first and last nameSo This week I received 2 deposits from payroll and my dad didnt get his check.Inevitably the mistake was when they went to change my direct deposit account after i submitted forms they accidentally changed my fathers to my account so his check came to me.Now they want me to just pay him the cash back but im worried this extra income could cause me additional taxes or discrepencies in the future. All of this doesnt seem legally right? Any advice?  <response>: This shouldnt complicate taxes in any way for either of you. Although the direct deposit went into your account that didnt change any other action related to taxes. For example, your father still got a paystub, his W2 at the end of the year will reflect the income from this direct deposit, taxes were still taken out based on his SSN, etc.So yes you can just write him a check. Sure you can pay the company back, they can then correctly distribute the direct deposit, but from a tax and accounting perspective you can just write him a check for the amount. 