Hi there,
I'm answering the question regarding how to handle the proper expense accounts when the payroll entry will record the item as Reimbursements.
I just use a journal entry for this. When I get the receipt from the employee, I create a new journal entry. On the first line of the entry, I credit the Reimbursements account for the amount of the receipt. One the second line, I debit the proper expense account (for example, Parking). In attachments, I attach a scan of the receipt. Then I'm done until payday.
On payday, I pull up a QuickReport of the Reimbursements account, in order to see what reimbursements I owe. On the employee's paycheck, I enter the amount to be reimbursed (just as described in the answer that's already listed.)
Now, if you pull up a report of the Reimbursements account, you'll see negative amounts for the journal entries and positive amounts for the paycheck reimbursements, so that after payroll you should have a zero total in the Reimbursements Account, telling you that you're all paid up.
Hopefully this was clear enough to be of help - it took me a while to figure it out, but I've been doing it this way for a couple of years now and it works great!
