diff --git a/src/libs/IOUAmountSubmission.ts b/src/libs/IOUAmountSubmission.ts
index 46002ad75a58..353e78d97da2 100644
--- a/src/libs/IOUAmountSubmission.ts
+++ b/src/libs/IOUAmountSubmission.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ import {rand64} from './NumberUtils';
 import {getParticipantsOption, getReportOption} from './OptionsListUtils';
 import Permissions from './Permissions';
 import {getLoginByAccountID} from './PersonalDetailsUtils';
-import {getPolicyExpenseChat, getTransactionDetails, isMoneyRequestReport, isSelfDM, shouldEnableNegative} from './ReportUtils';
+import {isTaxTrackingEnabled} from './PolicyUtils';
+import {getPolicyExpenseChat, getTransactionDetails, isMoneyRequestReport, isPolicyExpenseChat, isSelfDM, shouldEnableNegative} from './ReportUtils';
 import shouldUseDefaultExpensePolicy from './shouldUseDefaultExpensePolicy';
-import {calculateTaxAmount, getAmount, getCurrency, getDefaultTaxCode, getIsFromGlobalCreate, getTaxValue, hasReceipt} from './TransactionUtils';
+import {calculateTaxAmount, getAmount, getCurrency, getDefaultTaxCode, getIsFromGlobalCreate, getTaxValue, hasReceipt, isExpenseUnreported} from './TransactionUtils';
 
 type SubmitAmountArgs = {
     report: OnyxEntry<OnyxTypes.Report>;
@@ -136,6 +137,23 @@ function getIsP2PForAmount({chatReportForP2P, currentUserAccountID}: GetIsP2PFor
     return isParticipantP2P(firstParticipant);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Determines whether a transaction's current tax code is still the auto-applied default for the given currency
+ * (i.e. the user has not manually picked a different rate).
+ */
+function isTaxCodeAutoDefaultForCurrency(
+    policy: OnyxEntry<OnyxTypes.Policy>,
+    transaction: OnyxEntry<OnyxTypes.Transaction>,
+    currency: string | undefined,
+    taxCode: string | undefined,
+): boolean {
+    if (taxCode === '') {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const defaultTaxCodeForCurrency = getDefaultTaxCode(policy, transaction, currency);
+    return !taxCode || taxCode === defaultTaxCodeForCurrency;
+}
+
 type SubmitAmountContext = {
     isEditing: boolean;
     isCreateAction: boolean;
@@ -491,8 +509,26 @@ function submitCreateAmount(args: SubmitAmountArgs, ctx: SubmitAmountContext): v
 
     setMoneyRequestAmount(transactionID, amountInSmallestCurrencyUnits, selectedCurrency || CONST.CURRENCY.USD, shouldKeepUserInput, hasReceipt(transaction));
 
-    if (isMovingTransactionFromTrackExpense(action)) {
-        const taxCode = selectedCurrency !== policy?.outputCurrency ? policy?.taxRates?.foreignTaxDefault : policy?.taxRates?.defaultExternalID;
+    // When the currency changes, re-apply the default tax rate for the new currency so the confirmation page and the
+    // created expense reflect the currency-appropriate default (e.g. the foreign default for a foreign currency).
+    // Only do this when the current tax code is still the auto-applied default for the previous currency, so a tax
+    // rate the user manually selected is preserved across the currency change.
+    const previousCurrency = getCurrency(transaction);
+    const isCurrentTaxAutoDefault = isTaxCodeAutoDefaultForCurrency(policy, transaction, previousCurrency, transaction?.taxCode);
+    const isPolicyExpenseChatParticipant = transaction?.participants?.some((participant) => participant.isPolicyExpenseChat) ?? false;
+
+    // Mirror the tax contexts the confirmation list uses (see MoneyRequestConfirmationList's shouldShowTax): a Track
+    // expense from a self-DM/default workspace isn't a policy expense chat, but the confirmation page still shows tax
+    // for the track flow, so the currency recompute must run for it too. Otherwise Back → change currency → Next would
+    // leave the stale previous-currency default tax on the draft.
+    const isTaxEnabled = isTaxTrackingEnabled(
+        isPolicyExpenseChat(report) || isPolicyExpenseChatParticipant || iouType === CONST.IOU.TYPE.TRACK || isExpenseUnreported(transaction),
+        policy,
+        false,
+    );
+
+    if (isMovingTransactionFromTrackExpense(action) || (isTaxEnabled && selectedCurrency !== previousCurrency && isCurrentTaxAutoDefault)) {
+        const taxCode = getDefaultTaxCode(policy, transaction, selectedCurrency);
         if (taxCode) {
             setMoneyRequestTaxRate(transactionID, taxCode);
             const taxPercentage = getTaxValue(policy, transaction, taxCode) ?? '';
@@ -551,10 +587,14 @@ function submitEditAmount(args: SubmitAmountArgs, ctx: SubmitAmountContext): voi
         return;
     }
 
-    // If currency has changed, then we get the default tax rate based on currency, otherwise we use the current tax rate selected in transaction, if we have it.
+    // When the currency changes we re-apply the new currency's default tax rate, but only when the current tax rate is
+    // still the auto-applied default for the previous currency. A tax rate the user picked manually is preserved across
+    // the currency change (mirrors the create-flow guard in `submitCreateAmount`).
     const transactionTaxCode = getTransactionDetails(currentTransaction)?.taxCode;
     const defaultTaxCode = getDefaultTaxCode(policy, currentTransaction, selectedCurrency) ?? '';
-    const taxCode = (selectedCurrency !== transactionCurrency ? defaultTaxCode : transactionTaxCode) ?? defaultTaxCode;
+    const isCurrentTaxAutoDefault = isTaxCodeAutoDefaultForCurrency(policy, currentTransaction, transactionCurrency, transactionTaxCode);
+    const isTransactionTaxCodeValid = transactionTaxCode === '' || getTaxValue(policy, currentTransaction, transactionTaxCode ?? '') !== undefined;
+    const taxCode = ((selectedCurrency !== transactionCurrency && isCurrentTaxAutoDefault) || !isTransactionTaxCodeValid ? defaultTaxCode : transactionTaxCode) ?? defaultTaxCode;
     const taxPercentage = getTaxValue(policy, currentTransaction, taxCode) ?? '';
     const taxAmount = convertToBackendAmount(calculateTaxAmount(taxPercentage, newAmount, decimals));
 
diff --git a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepAmount.tsx b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepAmount.tsx
index 8eaf5ecae913..7c65261db063 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepAmount.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepAmount.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ function IOURequestStepAmount({
     const iouRequestType = getRequestType(transaction);
     const isTrackExpense = iouType === CONST.IOU.TYPE.TRACK;
     const {policyForMovingExpensesID} = usePolicyForMovingExpenses();
-    const policyID = isTrackExpense ? policyForMovingExpensesID : report?.policyID;
+    const participantPolicyID = transaction?.participants?.find((participant) => participant.isPolicyExpenseChat)?.policyID;
+    const policyID = (isTrackExpense ? policyForMovingExpensesID : report?.policyID) ?? participantPolicyID;
 
     const isReportArchived = useReportIsArchived(report?.reportID);
     const isIouReport = isMoneyRequestReport(report);
diff --git a/tests/unit/IOUAmountSubmissionTest.ts b/tests/unit/IOUAmountSubmissionTest.ts
index ff7def95b647..93553d7530b5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/IOUAmountSubmissionTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/IOUAmountSubmissionTest.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {getIsP2PForAmount, submitAmount} from '@libs/IOUAmountSubmission';
 
+import {setMoneyRequestTaxAmount, setMoneyRequestTaxRate} from '@userActions/IOU/MoneyRequest';
+
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import type {PersonalDetails, Policy, Report, Transaction} from '@src/types/onyx';
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ import type {OnyxEntry} from 'react-native-onyx';
 
 import Onyx from 'react-native-onyx';
 
+import createRandomPolicy from '../utils/collections/policies';
 import {createRandomReport} from '../utils/collections/reports';
 import {translateLocal} from '../utils/TestHelper';
 import waitForBatchedUpdates from '../utils/waitForBatchedUpdates';
@@ -228,6 +231,208 @@ describe('AmountSubmission', () => {
             mockSetDraftSplitTransaction.mockClear();
             mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency.mockClear();
             mockSetTransactionReport.mockClear();
+            jest.mocked(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).mockClear();
+            jest.mocked(setMoneyRequestTaxAmount).mockClear();
+        });
+
+        const taxPolicy: Policy = {
+            ...createRandomPolicy(200, CONST.POLICY.TYPE.TEAM, 'Tax Workspace'),
+            outputCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.USD,
+            tax: {trackingEnabled: true},
+            taxRates: {
+                name: 'Tax',
+                defaultExternalID: 'idDefault',
+                foreignTaxDefault: 'idForeign',
+                defaultValue: '5%',
+                taxes: {
+                    idDefault: {name: 'Default', value: '5%'},
+                    idForeign: {name: 'Foreign', value: '10%'},
+                    idManual: {name: 'Manual', value: '7%'},
+                },
+            },
+        };
+
+        // The create-flow tax recompute only runs on a policy expense chat with tax tracking enabled, so tax tests
+        // start from a workspace chat report (mirrors continuing an expense from a tax-enabled workspace chat).
+        const taxReport: Report = {
+            ...createRandomReport(100, undefined),
+            reportID: 'report-100',
+            chatType: CONST.REPORT.CHAT_TYPE.POLICY_EXPENSE_CHAT,
+            policyID: '200',
+        };
+
+        const buildTaxTransaction = (taxCode: string): Transaction => ({
+            transactionID: 'tx-1',
+            amount: -1000,
+            currency: CONST.CURRENCY.USD,
+            created: '2024-01-01',
+            merchant: 'Test',
+            reportID: 'report-100',
+            comment: {},
+            taxCode,
+        });
+
+        it('applies the new currency default tax rate on create when currency changes and tax is the auto-applied default', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    report: taxReport,
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.CREATE,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idDefault'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tx-1', 'idForeign');
+        });
+
+        it('preserves a manually selected tax rate on create when currency changes', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    report: taxReport,
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.CREATE,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idManual'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('does not change the tax rate on create when the currency is unchanged', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    report: taxReport,
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.CREATE,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idDefault'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.USD,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('does not write a tax code or amount on create when the workspace has tax tracking disabled', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    report: taxReport,
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.CREATE,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: {...taxPolicy, tax: {trackingEnabled: false}},
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idDefault'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxAmount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('applies the new currency default tax rate on create from the FAB flow (no report) when the workspace is resolved from the participant', () => {
+            // Global-create (FAB) flow: there is no report context, so the workspace/tax tracking must be recognized
+            // from the transaction's selected policy-expense-chat participant instead of from `report`.
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    report: undefined,
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.CREATE,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: {...buildTaxTransaction('idDefault'), participants: [{isPolicyExpenseChat: true, policyID: '200'}]},
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(setMoneyRequestTaxRate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tx-1', 'idForeign');
+        });
+
+        it('applies the new currency default tax rate on edit when currency changes and tax is the auto-applied default', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.EDIT,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idDefault'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({taxCode: 'idForeign'}));
+        });
+
+        it('preserves a manually selected tax rate on edit when currency changes', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.EDIT,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idManual'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({taxCode: 'idManual'}));
+        });
+
+        it('heals a tax code that is not a valid policy rate to the currency default on edit', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.EDIT,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction('idNoLongerExists'),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.EUR,
+                    amount: '10',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({taxCode: 'idForeign'}));
+        });
+
+        it('preserves a tax code whose stored value drifted from the policy on edit (heals only missing codes)', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.EDIT,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    // The code still exists on the policy, but its stored value is stale (e.g. an admin edited the
+                    // rate's percentage after this expense was created). The currency is unchanged, so the only reason
+                    // to swap the code would be an invalid one — but a drifted value is not invalid, so it is preserved.
+                    transaction: {...buildTaxTransaction('idManual'), taxValue: '3%'},
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.USD,
+                    amount: '20',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({taxCode: 'idManual'}));
+        });
+
+        it('preserves an intentionally-cleared tax (empty code) on edit when only the amount changes', () => {
+            submitAmount(
+                buildBaseArgs({
+                    action: CONST.IOU.ACTION.EDIT,
+                    iouType: CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT,
+                    policy: taxPolicy,
+                    // The user deliberately cleared the tax (`taxCode === ''`). Editing only the amount (same currency)
+                    // must not re-add the workspace default tax — an empty code is a legitimate persisted selection.
+                    transaction: buildTaxTransaction(''),
+                    selectedCurrency: CONST.CURRENCY.USD,
+                    amount: '20',
+                }),
+            );
+
+            expect(mockUpdateMoneyRequestAmountAndCurrency).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({taxCode: ''}));
         });
 
         it('calls sendMoneyElsewhere on non-edit + skip-confirm + PAY (non-wallet)', () => {