Here’s How to Handle Some Common Payroll and Tax Mistakes

What would you do if you accidentally got paid more than 330 times your normal salary?

That was the question facing a Chilean worker last month. The unnamed worker got a check from his employer, Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos, worth 165,398,851 Chilean pesos—or just under $175,000 US—direct-deposited into his account. His regular take-home pay was about 500,000 Chilean pesos—about $525 US.

When he called attention to the error, the company’s HR department told him to return the money. Instead, he submitted a letter of resignation and disappeared.

The company has since filed a complaint against the worker.

Of course, ...