diff --git a/import2ledger/hooks/ledger_entry.py b/import2ledger/hooks/ledger_entry.py
index a677dcf30a9df45493513b7944e720521ac40948..805dc8a7c0fb0b7503a5fec99b9bcb786bce3168 100644
--- a/import2ledger/hooks/ledger_entry.py
+++ b/import2ledger/hooks/ledger_entry.py
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ class AccountSplitter:
 
 
 class Template:
-    ACCOUNT_SPLIT_RE = re.compile(r'(?:\t|  )\s*')
+    ACCOUNT_SPLIT_RE = re.compile(r'(?: ?\t|  )[ \t]*')
     DATE_FMT = '%Y/%m/%d'
     PAYEE_LINE_RE = re.compile(r'^\{(\w*_)*date\}\s')
+    NEWLINE_RE = re.compile(r'[\f\n\r\v\u0085\u2028\u2029]')
     SIGNED_CURRENCY_FMT = '¤#,##0.###;¤-#,##0.###'
     UNSIGNED_CURRENCY_FMT = '#,##0.### ¤¤'
 
@@ -301,12 +302,17 @@ class Template:
                 "entry needs {} field but that's not set by the importer".format(
                     self.date_field,
                 ), self.splitter.template_name)
-        render_vars = {
-            'amount': strparse.currency_decimal(template_vars['amount']),
-        }
+        render_vars = {}
         for key, value in template_vars.items():
-            if value is not None and (key == 'date' or key.endswith('_date')):
+            if value is None:
+                pass
+            elif key == 'date' or key.endswith('_date'):
                 render_vars[key] = value.strftime(self.date_fmt)
+            elif isinstance(value, str):
+                value = self.NEWLINE_RE.sub(' ', value)
+                value = self.ACCOUNT_SPLIT_RE.sub(' ', value)
+                render_vars[key] = value
+        render_vars['amount'] = strparse.currency_decimal(template_vars['amount'])
         all_vars = collections.ChainMap(render_vars, template_vars)
         return ''.join(f(all_vars) for f in self.format_funcs)