diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseController.php
index 3f708d8d4845..e226a111e4e8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseController.php
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ class ExpenseController extends BaseController
             'method' => 'POST',
             'url' => 'expenses',
             'title' => trans('texts.new_expense'),
-            'vendors' => Vendor::scope()->with('vendor_contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'vendor' => $vendor,
-            'clients' => Client::scope()->with('contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'clientPublicId' => $request->client_id,
             'categoryPublicId' => $request->category_id,
         ];
@@ -160,14 +158,12 @@ class ExpenseController extends BaseController
             'url' => $url,
             'title' => 'Edit Expense',
             'actions' => $actions,
-            'vendors' => Vendor::scope()->with('vendor_contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'vendorPublicId' => $expense->vendor ? $expense->vendor->public_id : null,
-            'clients' => Client::scope()->with('contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'clientPublicId' => $expense->client ? $expense->client->public_id : null,
             'categoryPublicId' => $expense->expense_category ? $expense->expense_category->public_id : null,
         ];
 
-        $data = array_merge($data, self::getViewModel());
+        $data = array_merge($data, self::getViewModel($expense));
 
         return View::make('expenses.edit', $data);
     }
@@ -287,12 +283,14 @@ class ExpenseController extends BaseController
         return $this->returnBulk($this->entityType, $action, $ids);
     }
 
-    private static function getViewModel()
+    private static function getViewModel($expense = false)
     {
         return [
             'data' => Input::old('data'),
             'account' => Auth::user()->account,
-            'categories' => ExpenseCategory::whereAccountId(Auth::user()->account_id)->withArchived()->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'vendors' => Vendor::scope()->withActiveOrSelected($expense ? $expense->vendor_id : false)->with('vendor_contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'clients' => Client::scope()->withActiveOrSelected($expense ? $expense->client_id : false)->with('contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'categories' => ExpenseCategory::whereAccountId(Auth::user()->account_id)->withActiveOrSelected($expense ? $expense->expense_category_id : false)->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'taxRates' => TaxRate::scope()->whereIsInclusive(false)->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'isRecurring' => false,
         ];
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalController.php
index 9b5fa1a841c4..5aac39f528eb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalController.php
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ class ProposalController extends BaseController
     {
         $proposal = $request->entity();
 
-        $data = array_merge($this->getViewmodel(), [
+        $data = array_merge($this->getViewmodel($proposal), [
             'proposal' => $proposal,
             'entity' => $proposal,
             'method' => 'PUT',
             'url' => 'proposals/' . $proposal->public_id,
             'title' => trans('texts.edit_proposal'),
-            'invoices' => Invoice::scope()->with('client.contacts', 'client.country')->unapprovedQuotes($proposal->invoice_id)->orderBy('id')->get(),
+            'invoices' => Invoice::scope()->with('client.contacts', 'client.country')->withActiveOrSelected($proposal->invoice_id)->unapprovedQuotes($proposal->invoice_id)->orderBy('id')->get(),
             'invoicePublicId' => $proposal->invoice ? $proposal->invoice->public_id : null,
             'templatePublicId' => $proposal->proposal_template ? $proposal->proposal_template->public_id : null,
         ]);
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ class ProposalController extends BaseController
         return View::make('proposals.edit', $data);
     }
 
-    private function getViewmodel()
+    private function getViewmodel($proposal = false)
     {
         $account = auth()->user()->account;
-        $templates = ProposalTemplate::whereAccountId($account->id)->orderBy('name')->get();
+        $templates = ProposalTemplate::whereAccountId($account->id)->withActiveOrSelected($proposal ? $proposal->proposal_template_id : false)->orderBy('name')->get();
 
         if (! $templates->count()) {
             $templates = ProposalTemplate::whereNull('account_id')->orderBy('name')->get();
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalSnippetController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalSnippetController.php
index c0bcd03c49e0..21d694b6a428 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalSnippetController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProposalSnippetController.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ProposalSnippetController extends BaseController
             'method' => 'PUT',
             'url' => 'proposals/snippets/' . $proposalSnippet->public_id,
             'title' => trans('texts.edit_proposal_snippet'),
-            'categories' => ProposalCategory::scope()->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'categories' => ProposalCategory::scope()->withActiveOrSelected($proposalSnippet->proposal_category_id)->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'categoryPublicId' => $proposalSnippet->proposal_category ? $proposalSnippet->proposal_category->public_id : null,
             'icons' => $this->getIcons(),
         ];
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
index b9017db2e4fe..5ae727a59019 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class TaskController extends BaseController
             'datetimeFormat' => Auth::user()->account->getMomentDateTimeFormat(),
         ];
 
-        $data = array_merge($data, self::getViewModel());
+        $data = array_merge($data, self::getViewModel($task));
 
         return View::make('tasks.edit', $data);
     }
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ class TaskController extends BaseController
     /**
      * @return array
      */
-    private static function getViewModel()
+    private static function getViewModel($task = false)
     {
         return [
-            'clients' => Client::scope()->with('contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'clients' => Client::scope()->withActiveOrSelected($task ? $task->client_id : false)->with('contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
             'account' => Auth::user()->account,
-            'projects' => Project::scope()->with('client.contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'projects' => Project::scope()->withActiveOrSelected($task ? $task->project_id : false)->with('client.contacts')->orderBy('name')->get(),
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Models/EntityModel.php b/app/Models/EntityModel.php
index 79ea6bfe432b..56935a64b301 100644
--- a/app/Models/EntityModel.php
+++ b/app/Models/EntityModel.php
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ class EntityModel extends Eloquent
         return $query;
     }
 
+    public function scopeWithActiveOrSelected($query, $id = false)
+    {
+        return $query->withTrashed()
+                      ->where(function ($query) use ($id) {
+                            $query->whereNull('deleted_at')
+                                  ->orWhere('id', '=', $id);
+                });
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $query
      *