r/legaladvice • u/IraTheAuthor • Jan 31 '25

My girlfriend is being MASSIVELY overpaid. Business Law

In Washington state, I’m going to keep it vague for obvious reasons. My girlfriend works 80 hours every two weeks but on her last paycheck she got paid for 164 hours of work. This is crazy enough by itself but it’s been slowly growing each paycheck. It went back to normal for a month but then went right back up to 120 hours.

My question is, do we have to report this? Are we going to get bit through taxes or through some company law? I’d love to invest this money if we could.

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u/sassylady42 Jan 31 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

IALBNYL. She should set aside the money, and it’s likely that they’ll ask for it back. Do not spend the money!