diff --git a/app/helpers/budget_helper.rb b/app/helpers/budget_helper.rb
index b78cc19f7..65e7ea683 100644
--- a/app/helpers/budget_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/budget_helper.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 module BudgetHelper
-  def format_price(budget, number)
-    number_to_currency(number,
-                       precision: 0,
-                       locale: I18n.default_locale,
-                       unit: budget.currency_symbol)
-  end
 
   def heading_name(heading)
     heading.present? ? heading.name : t("budget.headings.none")
diff --git a/app/models/budget.rb b/app/models/budget.rb
index 9c4f9e7e1..d1945bc61 100644
--- a/app/models/budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget.rb
@@ -42,5 +42,16 @@ class Budget < ActiveRecord::Base
   def heading_price(heading)
     heading_ids.include?(heading.id) ? heading.price : -1
   end
+
+  def formatted_amount(amount)
+    ActionController::Base.helpers.number_to_currency(amount,
+                                                      precision: 0,
+                                                      locale: I18n.default_locale,
+                                                      unit: currency_symbol)
+  end
+
+  def formatted_heading_price(heading)
+    formatted_ammount(heading_price(heading))
+  end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/models/budget/investment.rb b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
index 5f986cc82..a8ced8d49 100644
--- a/app/models/budget/investment.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ class Budget
       budget.balloting?
     end
 
+    def formatted_price
+      budget.formatted_amount(price)
+    end
+
     private
 
       def set_denormalized_ids
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_ballot.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_ballot.html.erb
index a6529306b..99fdcd5cd 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_ballot.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_ballot.html.erb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h4 class="amount-spent text-right">
             <%= t("budgets.ballots.show.amount_spent") %>
             <span>
-              <%= format_price(@budget, @ballot.amount_spent(@ballot.heading_for_group(group).id)) %>
+              <%= @budget.formatted_amount(@ballot.amount_spent(@ballot.heading_for_group(group).id))) %>
             </span>
           </h4>
         <% else %>
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
 
         <h4>
           <%= t("budgets.ballots.show.remaining",
-              amount_city: format_price(@budget, @ballot.amount_available(@ballot.heading_for_group(group)))).html_safe %>
+              amount_city: @budget.formatted_amount(@ballot.amount_available(@ballot.heading_for_group(group))))).html_safe %>
         </h4>
       </div>
     <% end %>
   </div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment.html.erb
index db30e4167..7f2bafcb8 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <li id="<%= dom_id(investment) %>">
   <%= link_to investment.title, budget_investment_path(@budget, investment) %>
-  <span><%= format_price(@budget, investment.price) %></span>
+  <span><%= investment.formatted_price %></span>
 
   <% if @budget.balloting? %>
     <%= link_to budget_ballot_line_path(@budget, id: investment.id),
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment_for_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment_for_sidebar.html.erb
index d9b3d9e69..c172e6146 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment_for_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_investment_for_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <li id="<%= dom_id(investment) %>_sidebar">
   <%= investment.title %>
-  <span><%= format_price(@budget, investment.price) %></span>
+  <span><%= investment.formatted_price %></span>
 
   <% if @budget.balloting? %>
     <%= link_to budget_ballot_line_url(id: investment.id,
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_progress_bar.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_progress_bar.html.erb
index 58214bbb3..a01d8395e 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/ballot/_progress_bar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/ballot/_progress_bar.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <span class="total-amount">
-  <%= format_price(@budget, @budget.heading_price(@heading)) %>
+  <%= @budget.formatted_heading_price(@heading) %>
 </span>
 
 <div class="progress" role="progressbar" tabindex="0"
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
         <%= progress_bar_width(@budget.heading_price(@heading),
                                @ballot.amount_spent(@heading.id)) %>">
     <p id="amount-spent" class="progress-meter-text spent-amount-text">
-      <%= format_price(@budget, @ballot.amount_spent(@heading.id)) %>
+      <%= @budget.format_amount(@ballot.amount_spent(@heading.id)) %>
       <span id="amount-available" class="amount-available">
         <%= t("spending_proposals.index.available") %>
-        <span><%= format_price(@budget, @ballot.amount_available(@heading)) %></span>
+        <span><%= @budget.format_amount(@ballot.amount_available(@heading)) %></span>
       </span>
     </p>
   </span>
diff --git a/app/views/budgets/investments/_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/budgets/investments/_sidebar.html.erb
index d9981d6c7..baeb72bd6 100644
--- a/app/views/budgets/investments/_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/budgets/investments/_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <em>
       <%= t("budget.investments.index.sidebar.voted_html",
           count: @ballot.investments.by_heading(@heading.id).count,
-          amount_spent: format_price(@budget, @ballot.amount_spent(@heading))) %>
+          amount_spent: @budget.format_amount(@ballot.amount_spent(@heading))) %>
     </em>
   </p>
 <% else %>