diff --git a/web/src/api/cluckwork.ts b/web/src/api/cluckwork.ts
index 8dbaecaeb..4c156d47c 100644
--- a/web/src/api/cluckwork.ts
+++ b/web/src/api/cluckwork.ts
@@ -486,6 +486,15 @@ export function formatMoney(minorUnits: number, currencyCode: string, minorUnit:
   return `${value.toFixed(minorUnit)} ${currencyCode}`;
 }
 
+// Inverse of formatMoney: parse a user-entered decimal amount into integer minor
+// units at the currency's scale. The `Math.round` absorbs binary-float artifacts
+// (e.g. 0.29 * 100 = 28.999… which would truncate to 28 without it). Returns NaN
+// for non-numeric input and may return a negative — callers apply their own
+// finite/non-negative guard and context-specific error message.
+export function parseMoneyToMinorUnits(text: string, minorUnit: number): number {
+  return Math.round(parseFloat(text) * 10 ** minorUnit);
+}
+
 // --- Audit trail (#93, admin-only, read-only) ---
 
 export interface AuditEvent {
diff --git a/web/src/api/formatMoney.test.ts b/web/src/api/formatMoney.test.ts
index 4233f6dd2..de7533cc3 100644
--- a/web/src/api/formatMoney.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/api/formatMoney.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { formatMoney } from "./cluckwork";
+import { formatMoney, parseMoneyToMinorUnits } from "./cluckwork";
 
 // formatMoney renders minor units using the currency's own minor-unit count —
 // the value snapshotted on each row (F25) — never a hardcoded 2 decimals.
@@ -29,3 +29,72 @@ describe("formatMoney", () => {
     expect(formatMoney(1000000, "EUR", 2)).toBe("10000.00 EUR");
   });
 });
+
+// parseMoneyToMinorUnits is the inverse used when reading a user-typed amount
+// back into the wire format. The Math.round is load-bearing: naive
+// `parseFloat * 10**n` leaves binary-float dust that would truncate a cent.
+describe("parseMoneyToMinorUnits", () => {
+  it("parses a 2-decimal amount", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("10.50", 2)).toBe(1050);
+  });
+
+  // The load-bearing case: 0.29 * 100 = 28.999999999999996 in IEEE-754, which
+  // Math.round rescues to 29 (a truncating parse would ship 28). NB 10.10 * 100
+  // is exactly 1010 in JS — not a float-dust case, so 0.29/1.10 are the real pins.
+  it("rounds away binary-float artifacts (0.29 → 29, not 28)", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("0.29", 2)).toBe(29);
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("1.10", 2)).toBe(110); // 110.00000000000001 → 110
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("10.10", 2)).toBe(1010);
+  });
+
+  it("scales to the currency's minor unit (0-dec JPY, 3-dec BHD)", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("5", 0)).toBe(5);
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("0.123", 3)).toBe(123);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts an integer string and a leading-dot decimal", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("7", 2)).toBe(700);
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits(".5", 2)).toBe(50);
+  });
+
+  it("returns NaN for non-numeric, empty, or whitespace-only input", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("abc", 2)).toBeNaN();
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("", 2)).toBeNaN();
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("   ", 2)).toBeNaN();
+  });
+
+  // Inherited parseFloat behaviour, pinned so a future change is a conscious one:
+  it("takes the leading number of a partly-numeric string (parseFloat semantics)", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("10abc", 2)).toBe(1000);
+  });
+
+  it("propagates Infinity (caught by the callers' Number.isFinite guard)", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("Infinity", 2)).toBe(Infinity);
+  });
+
+  it("passes a negative through (caller rejects < 0)", () => {
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("-2.50", 2)).toBe(-250);
+  });
+
+  // A sub-minor negative rounds to -0, which slips a `< 0` guard (Object.is(-0,0)
+  // is false but -0 < 0 is false too). Documented so callers know the boundary.
+  it("rounds a sub-minor negative to -0 (slips a naive < 0 check)", () => {
+    expect(Object.is(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("-0.001", 2), -0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits("-0.001", 2) < 0).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  // Negatives are excluded here on purpose: formatMoney renders them fine, but
+  // the round-trip's point is the non-negative wire values callers actually send.
+  it("round-trips with formatMoney for non-negative amounts", () => {
+    for (const [minor, unit] of [
+      [1050, 2],
+      [5, 0],
+      [123, 3],
+      [1000000, 2],
+      [0, 2],
+    ] as const) {
+      const display = formatMoney(minor, "USD", unit).split(" ")[0];
+      expect(parseMoneyToMinorUnits(display, unit)).toBe(minor);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/routes/InventoryPage.tsx b/web/src/routes/InventoryPage.tsx
index 9bf8e8985..b1acfc30e 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/InventoryPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/routes/InventoryPage.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { FormEvent } from "react";
 import {
   createInventoryItem, activateInventoryItem, deactivateInventoryItem, formatMoney, getAccount,
-  listFlocks, listInventoryItems, listInventoryLots, listInventoryMovements,
+  listFlocks, listInventoryItems, listInventoryLots, listInventoryMovements, parseMoneyToMinorUnits,
   recordFeedUsage, recordInventoryAdjustment, recordInventoryPurchase, updateInventoryItem,
 } from "../api/cluckwork";
 import type { Account, Flock, InventoryItem, InventoryLot, InventoryMovement } from "../api/cluckwork";
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export function InventoryPage() {
 
   function toMinorUnits(text: string): number | null {
     if (!text.trim()) return null;
-    const parsed = Math.round(parseFloat(text) * 10 ** minorUnit);
+    const parsed = parseMoneyToMinorUnits(text, minorUnit);
     if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || parsed < 0) throw new Error("Invalid cost.");
     return parsed;
   }
diff --git a/web/src/routes/SalesPage.tsx b/web/src/routes/SalesPage.tsx
index da8be998c..b4aaa650a 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/SalesPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/routes/SalesPage.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import {
   addOrderItem, cancelOrder, confirmOrder, createOrder, formatMoney, getOrder,
   listCustomers, listEggGrades, listOrderPayments, listOrders, listProducts,
-  recordPayment,
+  parseMoneyToMinorUnits, recordPayment,
   removeOrderItem, updateOrderItem, voidOrder, voidPayment,
 } from "../api/cluckwork";
 import type { Customer, OrderPayments, Product, SalesOrder } from "../api/cluckwork";
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export function SalesPage() {
     // Empty price → omit it: the server falls back to the product's default.
     let minorUnits: number | undefined;
     if (price.trim() !== "") {
-      minorUnits = Math.round(parseFloat(price) * 10 ** active.currencyMinorUnit);
+      minorUnits = parseMoneyToMinorUnits(price, active.currencyMinorUnit);
       if (!Number.isFinite(minorUnits) || minorUnits < 0) throw new Error("Invalid unit price.");
     }
     const scope = `add-item:${active.id}`;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export function SalesPage() {
 
   const onUpdateItem = (itemId: string) => run(async () => {
     if (!active) return;
-    const minorUnits = Math.round(parseFloat(editPrice) * 10 ** active.currencyMinorUnit);
+    const minorUnits = parseMoneyToMinorUnits(editPrice, active.currencyMinorUnit);
     if (!Number.isFinite(minorUnits) || minorUnits < 0) throw new Error("Invalid unit price.");
     const scope = `update-item:${itemId}`;
     await updateOrderItem(active.id, itemId,