diff --git a/src/components/common/VnSelect.vue b/src/components/common/VnSelect.vue
index b78c99b8a..662e6006a 100644
--- a/src/components/common/VnSelect.vue
+++ b/src/components/common/VnSelect.vue
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ async function onScroll({ to, direction, from, index }) {
     }
 }
 
-defineExpose({ opts: myOptions });
+defineExpose({ opts: myOptions, vnSelectRef });
 
 function handleKeyDown(event) {
     if (event.key === 'Tab' && !event.shiftKey) {
diff --git a/src/components/common/VnSelectDialog.vue b/src/components/common/VnSelectDialog.vue
index 12322c3fa..a4cd0011d 100644
--- a/src/components/common/VnSelectDialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/common/VnSelectDialog.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup>
-import { computed } from 'vue';
+import { ref, computed } from 'vue';
 import { useRole } from 'src/composables/useRole';
 import { useAcl } from 'src/composables/useAcl';
 
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import VnSelect from 'src/components/common/VnSelect.vue';
 const emit = defineEmits(['update:modelValue']);
 
 const value = defineModel({ type: [String, Number, Object] });
+const select = ref(null);
 const $props = defineProps({
     rolesAllowedToCreate: {
         type: Array,
@@ -33,10 +34,13 @@ const isAllowedToCreate = computed(() => {
     if ($props.acls.length) return acl.hasAny($props.acls);
     return role.hasAny($props.rolesAllowedToCreate);
 });
+
+defineExpose({ vnSelectDialogRef: select });
 </script>
 
 <template>
     <VnSelect
+        ref="select"
         v-model="value"
         v-bind="$attrs"
         @update:model-value="(...args) => emit('update:modelValue', ...args)"
diff --git a/src/pages/InvoiceIn/Card/InvoiceInVat.vue b/src/pages/InvoiceIn/Card/InvoiceInVat.vue
index f7ef7d525..74fd02816 100644
--- a/src/pages/InvoiceIn/Card/InvoiceInVat.vue
+++ b/src/pages/InvoiceIn/Card/InvoiceInVat.vue
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const sageTaxTypes = ref([]);
 const sageTransactionTypes = ref([]);
 const rowsSelected = ref([]);
 const invoiceInFormRef = ref();
+const expenseRef = ref();
 
 defineProps({
     actionIcon: {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ function autocompleteExpense(evt, row, col) {
         ({ id }) => id == useAccountShortToStandard(param)
     );
 
-    if (lookup) row[col.model] = lookup;
+    expenseRef.value.vnSelectDialogRef.vnSelectRef.toggleOption(lookup);
 }
 </script>
 <template>
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ function autocompleteExpense(evt, row, col) {
                 <template #body-cell-expense="{ row, col }">
                     <QTd>
                         <VnSelectDialog
+                            ref="expenseRef"
                             v-model="row[col.model]"
                             :options="col.options"
                             :option-value="col.optionValue"