[$250] Missing Tax rate section when merging expenses when expenses are created without Tax first

[jponikarchuk]

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Version Number: 9.3.24-1
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 BrowserStack: #71244
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): soidjnsoidjonjonjsojnsdj@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Mac 26.2 / Chrome
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Create a workspace.
3. Go to workspace chat.
4. Create two expenses.
5. Go to workspace settings > More features.
6. Enable Taxes.
7. Open one of the expenses from Step 4.
8. Click Tax and select 5% rate.
9. Click More > Merge.
10. Select the other expense from Step 4 > Continue.
    → Tax rate section is missing.
11. Close the merge flow.
12. Open the other expense (not the 5% tax rate expense).
13. Click Tax and select 5% rate.
14. Click Tax and change back to 0% rate.
15. Open the 5% tax rate expense.
16. Click More > Merge.
17. Select the 0% tax rate expense from Step 4 > Continue.
    → Now Tax rate section is shown.

Expected Result:

In Step 10, Tax rate section should be shown because both expenses have different tax rates.

Actual Result:

In Step 10, Tax rate section is missing when both expenses have different tax rates.
In Step 17, Tax rate section is only shown after changing tax rate and reselecting 0% rate.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #71244

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Triggered auto assignment to @NicMendonca (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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