diff --git a/app/models/validations/sales/soft_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/sales/soft_validations.rb
index a2d1de7fd..ae9ee66cc 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/sales/soft_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/sales/soft_validations.rb
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ module Validations::Sales::SoftValidations
   end
 
   def grant_outside_common_range?
-    return unless grant
-    return unless type && saledate
-    return unless !form.start_year_after_2024? || type == 21 || type == 8
+    return unless grant && type && saledate
+    return if form.start_year_after_2024? && (type == 21 || type == 8)
 
     !grant.between?(9_000, 16_000)
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/sales/soft_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/sales/soft_validations_spec.rb
index 170c474b7..e417fbd8e 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/sales/soft_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/sales/soft_validations_spec.rb
@@ -682,28 +682,28 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::Sales::SoftValidations do
       expect(record).not_to be_grant_outside_common_range
     end
 
-    it "returns true for logs after 2024 with RTA" do
+    it "returns false for logs after 2024 with RTA" do
       record.grant = 100_000
       record.type = 8
       record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2025, 1, 1)
 
-      expect(record).to be_grant_outside_common_range
+      expect(record).not_to be_grant_outside_common_range
     end
 
-    it "returns true for logs after 2024 with socialBuy" do
+    it "returns false for logs after 2024 with socialBuy" do
       record.grant = 100_000
       record.type = 21
       record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2025, 1, 1)
 
-      expect(record).to be_grant_outside_common_range
+      expect(record).not_to be_grant_outside_common_range
     end
 
-    it "returns false for logs after 2024 with other type" do
+    it "returns true for logs after 2024 with other type" do
       record.grant = 100_000
       record.type = 9
       record.saledate = Time.zone.local(2025, 1, 1)
 
-      expect(record).not_to be_grant_outside_common_range
+      expect(record).to be_grant_outside_common_range
     end
   end