diff --git a/iol_ion/src/iol_ion/query.clj b/iol_ion/src/iol_ion/query.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c975aea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iol_ion/src/iol_ion/query.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(ns iol-ion.query)
+
+#_{:clj-kondo/ignore [:clojure-lsp/unused-public-var]}
+(defn dollars-0? [amt]
+  (< -0.001 amt  0.001))
+
+#_{:clj-kondo/ignore [:clojure-lsp/unused-public-var]}
+(defn dollars= [amt1 amt2]
+  (dollars-0? (- amt1 amt2) ))
diff --git a/resources/datomic/ion-config.edn b/resources/datomic/ion-config.edn
index a3132268..8064bdeb 100644
--- a/resources/datomic/ion-config.edn
+++ b/resources/datomic/ion-config.edn
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
             iol-ion.tx/reset-rels
             iol-ion.tx/upsert-ledger
             iol-ion.tx/min-by
-            iol-ion.tx/propose-invoice] 
+            iol-ion.tx/propose-invoice
+
+            iol-ion.query/dollars=
+            iol-ion.query/dollars-0?] 
  :app-name "iol-cloud"}
diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/checks.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/checks.clj
index eb115db4..1e36f99e 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/checks.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/checks.clj
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                              (:amount args)
                              (merge-query {:query {:in    ['?amount]
                                                    :where ['[?e :payment/amount ?transaction-amount]
-                                                           '[(auto-ap.utils/dollars= ?transaction-amount ?amount)]]}
+                                                           '[(iol-ion.query/dollars= ?transaction-amount ?amount)]]}
                                            :args  [(:amount args)]})
 
                              
diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/expected_deposit.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/expected_deposit.clj
index fc57fb10..2061e07c 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/expected_deposit.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/expected_deposit.clj
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                 (:total args)
                 (merge-query {:query {:in ['?total]
                                       :where ['[?e :expected-deposit/total ?expected-deposit-total]
-                                              '[(auto-ap.utils/dollars= ?expected-deposit-total ?total)]]}
+                                              '[(iol-ion.query/dollars= ?expected-deposit-total ?total)]]}
                               :args [(:total args)]})
 
                 
diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/sales_orders.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/sales_orders.clj
index 1c462918..add87462 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/sales_orders.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/datomic/sales_orders.clj
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
                 (:total args)
                 (merge-query {:query {:in ['?total]
                                       :where ['[?e :sales-order/total ?sales-order-total]
-                                              '[(auto-ap.utils/dollars= ?sales-order-total ?total)]]}
+                                              '[(iol-ion.query/dollars= ?sales-order-total ?total)]]}
                               :args [(:total args)]})
 
                 true