[Due for payment 2025-07-04] Expense - When creating expense with negative amount, Email received, shows positive amount

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Version Number: 9.1.71-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #56092
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): ibellicotest+1136@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Motorola MotoG60 - Android 12 - Chrome (mWeb - Hybrid App) / Windows 10 - Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

Prerequisite: User has at least one workspace available.
Prerequisite 2: Delayed submissions enabled and approvals disabled.

1. Open the Expensify app.
2. Open any workspace chat.
3. Tap on the "+" button and select "Create Expense"
4. Add an amount and tap on "Flip" to change it to negative.
5. Finish the creation flow.
6. Tap on "Submit" on the preview of the just created expense.
7. Wait until receiving an Email with the just created expense information.
8. Note that the receivied Email, shows the expense´s amount as positive.

Expected Result:

When an expense is created with negative amount, Email received should also display the amount with a negative sign.

Actual Result:

When creating an expense with negative amount, Email received shows the amount as positive.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6868952_1750806580195.Negative--.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @arosiclair (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @stephanieelliott (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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