[Due for payment 2025-10-17] [$250] Cannot make an expense negative

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Version Number: 9.0.70-1
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?:
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @twisterdotcom
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): ts_external_expensify_bugs

Action Performed:

1. SmartScan a receipt
2. Open the expense
3. Open the amount
4. Try to correct it to be negative. No way to add brackets or - sign.

Expected Result:

User able to enter minus, plus or Brackets

Actual Result:

User unable to enter minus, plus or Brackets

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Issue Owner

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Triggered auto assignment to @johncschuster (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @ZhenjaHorbach (External)