I am advancing a consultant £5k for expenses but am not sure which vat code to post it to? If I post it to T9 and the receipts come in for T1/T9 there is going to be a conflict. Any ideas?
I'd put the £5k to prepayments T9, post the actual receipts to the relevant expense codes then with the correct vat code then do a T9 journal between the actual expense code and the prepayment code.
This will show in your accounts that you have made the advance/prepayment, show it being repaid or claimed back and show the expenses in the correct place with the correct VAT code.