<prompt> Human: Im not certain that this is the right place for this question.I recently received severance at a rate near minimum wage CA that was taxed at something like 45. I presume it was taxed like that because it was paid as a lump sum. Does anyone know if theres any recourse for this kind of thing? It just seems ridiculous that they promise a months pay for severance when it ends up being about two weeks pay.  <response>: withholding is not the same as taxationit will probably all even out at tax time 