diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/BaseTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/BaseTransformer.php
index 2f0131c9dfa7..3400d5dade23 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/BaseTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/BaseTransformer.php
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ class BaseTransformer extends TransformerAbstract
         return (isset($data->$field) && $data->$field) ? $data->$field : 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $data
+     * @param $field
+     * @return float
+     */
+    protected function getFloat($data, $field)
+    {
+        return (isset($data->$field) && $data->$field) ? Utils::parseFloat($data->$field) : 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $name
      * @return null
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
index cd566c0f1ab4..4b8a4cef64ff 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ExpenseTransformer.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace App\Ninja\Import\CSV;
 
+use Utils;
 use App\Ninja\Import\BaseTransformer;
 use League\Fractal\Resource\Item;
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class ExpenseTransformer extends BaseTransformer
     {
         return new Item($data, function ($data) {
             return [
-                'amount' => isset($data->amount) ? (float) $data->amount : null,
+                'amount' => $this->getFloat($data, 'amount'),
                 'vendor_id' => isset($data->vendor) ? $this->getVendorId($data->vendor) : null,
                 'client_id' => isset($data->client) ? $this->getClientId($data->client) : null,
                 'expense_date' => isset($data->expense_date) ? date('Y-m-d', strtotime($data->expense_date)) : null,
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/InvoiceTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/InvoiceTransformer.php
index 6095388fdde0..2ee8b018a4e2 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/InvoiceTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/InvoiceTransformer.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class InvoiceTransformer extends BaseTransformer
             return [
                 'client_id' => $this->getClientId($data->name),
                 'invoice_number' => isset($data->invoice_number) ? $this->getInvoiceNumber($data->invoice_number) : null,
-                'paid' => isset($data->paid) ? (float) $data->paid : null,
+                'paid' => $this->getFloat($data, 'paid'),
                 'po_number' => $this->getString($data, 'po_number'),
                 'terms' => $this->getString($data, 'terms'),
                 'public_notes' => $this->getString($data, 'public_notes'),
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ class InvoiceTransformer extends BaseTransformer
                     [
                         'product_key' => '',
                         'notes' => $this->getString($data, 'notes'),
-                        'cost' => isset($data->amount) ? (float) $data->amount : null,
+                        'cost' => $this->getFloat($data, 'amount'),
                         'qty' => 1,
                     ]
                 ],
             ];
         });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/PaymentTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/PaymentTransformer.php
index c8a1a82955e4..e06677fcb3ea 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/PaymentTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/PaymentTransformer.php
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ class PaymentTransformer extends BaseTransformer
     {
         return new Item($data, function ($data) {
             return [
-                'amount' => $data->paid,
+                'amount' => $this->getFloat($data, 'paid'),
                 'payment_date_sql' => isset($data->invoice_date) ? $data->invoice_date : null,
                 'client_id' => $data->client_id,
                 'invoice_id' => $data->invoice_id,
             ];
         });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ProductTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ProductTransformer.php
index b8b877c29833..60663c495719 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ProductTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Import/CSV/ProductTransformer.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ProductTransformer extends BaseTransformer
             return [
                 'product_key' => $this->getString($data, 'product_key'),
                 'notes' => $this->getString($data, 'notes'),
-                'cost' => $this->getNumber($data, 'cost'),
+                'cost' => $this->getFloat($data, 'cost'),
             ];
         });
     }