The current state is as follows:

1. An intercompany expense (The Header ‘Legal Entity’ is not equal to the ‘Legal Entity For Expenses’)
2. The header ‘Project ID’ requires an activity.
3. Attempts to create the expense from a receipt results in the error: “The activity number is missing. The project that is associated with the expense requires you to enter an activity”

Conversely, the issue is not seen under following scenario:

1. Non-intercompany expense (The Header ‘Legal Entity’ equals the ‘Legal Entity For Expenses’)
2. The header ‘Project ID’ requires an activity.
3. The expense is created with no Project ID and without error (Project ID must be manually set in each expense line).

Recommendation:

1. At minimum, Intercompany expense behavior should be the same as non-intercompany expenses. 
2. Ideally, the ‘Legal entity for expenses’ and ‘Project ID’ fields on header would default on the expense lines without validating the Activity.