<prompt> Human: After I quit my job my employer continued to pay me. I noticed the problem and told them to stop and asked how to pay it back. I have no problem at all paying back what they paid me, its not my money and I just want it done with. However, they are now telling me that I have to pay back the gross amount my pay plus state, federal income and FICA taxes that were withheld and will not give me a w2 till I do this. At this point I dont have much faith in them getting the w2 stuff right, plus Im far from thrilled about having to float them cash while I wait for a refund for several months because of their mistake.Ive offered to pay the net that is, the amount that I actually received from them now and the taxes once Im refunded by the government, but so far I havent managed to get them to agree to this.Anyone have any experience with this? Am I being unreasonable? I dont think I am...Update: Thanks for all the replies. This is an agency of the state of Maryland. They have told me that after 1115 Maryland central payroll will not do any changes to withholdings form 941x. They could, but they wont. And since they will not get to it till next year they will then not be able to change the withholding as it will at that point be from a prior year. Also, they will issue me a w2 by the end of Jan, it will just be wrong. Once I have paid back the gross and not before then they will issue a w2c, which if I pay right this minute they may get to by early March.I offered to pay the net now and then pay the taxes once I get refunded but they tell me that 1. they will send me to collections if I do this and 2. will not give me a w2c till they have the full amount including taxes so Im SOL on getting a refund.  <response>: I live in PA. Was over paid about 5k over two months. I only had to pay back around 3200 after they figured out what I actually received. Its be illegal for them to make you pay back the gross.Save all documents. Make copies. Calculate and double check all the math yourself. 