diff --git a/app/Export/Entry/Entry.php b/app/Export/Entry/Entry.php
index f9c324582b..0afc40ada4 100644
--- a/app/Export/Entry/Entry.php
+++ b/app/Export/Entry/Entry.php
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ final class Entry
     public $destination_account_id;
     public $destination_account_name;
 
-
     public $budget_id;
     public $budget_name;
     public $category_id;
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/AccountFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/AccountFormRequest.php
index 364898614c..95def39b47 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/AccountFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/AccountFormRequest.php
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ class AccountFormRequest extends Request
     public function getAccountData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name'                   => trim(strval($this->input('name'))),
+            'name'                   => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
             'active'                 => intval($this->input('active')) === 1,
-            'accountType'            => $this->input('what'),
+            'accountType'            => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('what'),
             'currency_id'            => intval($this->input('currency_id')),
             'virtualBalance'         => round($this->input('virtualBalance'), 12),
             'virtualBalanceCurrency' => intval($this->input('amount_currency_id_virtualBalance')),
-            'iban'                   => trim(strval($this->input('iban'))),
-            'BIC'                    => trim(strval($this->input('BIC'))),
-            'accountNumber'          => trim(strval($this->input('accountNumber'))),
-            'accountRole'            => $this->input('accountRole'),
+            'iban'                   => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('iban'),
+            'BIC'                    => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('BIC'),
+            'accountNumber'          => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('accountNumber'),
+            'accountRole'            => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('accountRole'),
             'openingBalance'         => round($this->input('openingBalance'), 12),
             'openingBalanceDate'     => new Carbon((string)$this->input('openingBalanceDate')),
             'openingBalanceCurrency' => intval($this->input('amount_currency_id_openingBalance')),
-            'ccType'                 => $this->input('ccType'),
-            'ccMonthlyPaymentDate'   => $this->input('ccMonthlyPaymentDate'),
+            'ccType'                 => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('ccType'),
+            'ccMonthlyPaymentDate'   => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('ccMonthlyPaymentDate'),
         ];
     }
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class AccountFormRequest extends Request
         $idRule   = '';
         if (!is_null($repository->find(intval($this->get('id')))->id)) {
             $idRule   = 'belongsToUser:accounts';
-            $nameRule = 'required|min:1|uniqueAccountForUser:' . $this->get('id');
+            $nameRule = 'required|min:1|uniqueAccountForUser:' . intval($this->get('id'));
         }
 
         return [
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/AttachmentFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/AttachmentFormRequest.php
index 16028cab37..b2da7b7f83 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/AttachmentFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/AttachmentFormRequest.php
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class AttachmentFormRequest extends Request
     public function getAttachmentData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'title'       => trim($this->input('title')),
-            'description' => trim($this->input('description')),
-            'notes'       => trim($this->input('notes')),
+            'title'       => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('title'),
+            'description' => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('description'),
+            'notes'       => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('notes'),
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/BillFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/BillFormRequest.php
index 0b0b85e29d..2ef7c2ae88 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/BillFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/BillFormRequest.php
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ class BillFormRequest extends Request
     public function getBillData()
     {
         return [
-            'name'                          => $this->get('name'),
-            'match'                         => $this->get('match'),
+            'name'                          => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
+            'match'                         => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('match'),
             'amount_min'                    => round($this->get('amount_min'), 12),
             'amount_currency_id_amount_min' => intval($this->get('amount_currency_id_amount_min')),
             'amount_currency_id_amount_max' => intval($this->get('amount_currency_id_amount_max')),
             'amount_max'                    => round($this->get('amount_max'), 12),
             'date'                          => new Carbon($this->get('date')),
-            'repeat_freq'                   => $this->get('repeat_freq'),
+            'repeat_freq'                   => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('repeat_freq'),
             'skip'                          => intval($this->get('skip')),
             'automatch'                     => intval($this->get('automatch')) === 1,
             'active'                        => intval($this->get('active')) === 1,
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/BudgetFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/BudgetFormRequest.php
index 3ca9d0fb37..cfe113aadc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/BudgetFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/BudgetFormRequest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class BudgetFormRequest extends Request
     public function getBudgetData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name'   => trim($this->input('name')),
+            'name'   => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
             'active' => intval($this->input('active')) == 1,
         ];
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/CategoryFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/CategoryFormRequest.php
index 34347608af..8a53b6a6ea 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/CategoryFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/CategoryFormRequest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CategoryFormRequest extends Request
     public function getCategoryData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name' => trim($this->input('name')),
+            'name' => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/CurrencyFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/CurrencyFormRequest.php
index ffbfa7e399..d2131c1eff 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/CurrencyFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/CurrencyFormRequest.php
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class CurrencyFormRequest extends Request
     public function getCurrencyData()
     {
         return [
-            'name'           => $this->get('name'),
-            'code'           => $this->get('code'),
-            'symbol'         => $this->get('symbol'),
+            'name'           => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
+            'code'           => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('code'),
+            'symbol'         => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('symbol'),
             'decimal_places' => intval($this->get('decimal_places')),
         ];
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
index bde5f20166..864242d22c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class JournalFormRequest extends Request
             'due_date'                 => $this->getDateOrNull('due_date'),
             'payment_date'             => $this->getDateOrNull('payment_date'),
             'invoice_date'             => $this->getDateOrNull('invoice_date'),
-            'internal_reference'       => trim(strval($this->get('internal_reference'))),
-            'notes'                    => trim(strval($this->get('notes'))),
+            'internal_reference'       => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('internal_reference'),
+            'notes'                    => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('notes'),
 
             // transaction / journal data:
             'description'              => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('description'),
@@ -152,40 +152,4 @@ class JournalFormRequest extends Request
     {
         return $this->get($field) ? new Carbon($this->get($field)) : null;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $field
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    private function getFieldOrEmptyString(string $field): string
-    {
-        $string = $this->get($field) ?? '';
-
-        $search  = [
-            "\xa0", // non-breaking space
-            "\u{1680}", // OGHAM SPACE MARK
-            "\u{180E}", // MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR
-            "\u{2000}", // EN QUAD
-            "\u{2001}", // EM QUAD
-            "\u{2002}", //EN SPACE
-            "\u{2003}", //EM SPACE
-            "\u{2004}", //THREE-PER-EM SPACE
-            "\u{2005}", //FOUR-PER-EM SPACE
-            "\u{2006}", //SIX-PER-EM SPACE
-            "\u{2007}", //FIGURE SPACE
-            "\u{2008}", //PUNCTUATION SPACE
-            "\u{2009}", //THIN SPACE
-            "\u{200A}", //HAIR SPACE
-            "\u{200B}", //ZERO WIDTH SPACE
-            "\u{202F}", //NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
-            "\u{205F}", //MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE
-            "\u{3000}", //IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
-            "\u{FEFF}", //	ZERO WIDTH NO -BREAK SPACE
-        ];
-        $replace = "\x20"; // plain old normal space
-        $string  = str_replace($search, $replace, $string);
-
-        return trim($string);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/PiggyBankFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/PiggyBankFormRequest.php
index d0e6889d62..70e7ce9d7a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/PiggyBankFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/PiggyBankFormRequest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class PiggyBankFormRequest extends Request
     public function getPiggyBankData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name'         => trim($this->get('name')),
+            'name'         => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('name'),
             'startdate'    => new Carbon,
             'account_id'   => intval($this->get('account_id')),
             'targetamount' => round($this->get('targetamount'), 12),
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Request.php b/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
index 84cb318d3e..8a137ff254 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
@@ -20,7 +20,41 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
  *
  * @package FireflyIII\Http\Requests
  */
-abstract class Request extends FormRequest
+class Request extends FormRequest
 {
-    //
+    /**
+     * @param string $field
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getFieldOrEmptyString(string $field): string
+    {
+        $string = $this->get($field) ?? '';
+
+        $search  = [
+            "\u{00A0}", // non-breaking space
+            "\u{1680}", // OGHAM SPACE MARK
+            "\u{180E}", // MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR
+            "\u{2000}", // EN QUAD
+            "\u{2001}", // EM QUAD
+            "\u{2002}", // EN SPACE
+            "\u{2003}", // EM SPACE
+            "\u{2004}", // THREE-PER-EM SPACE
+            "\u{2005}", // FOUR-PER-EM SPACE
+            "\u{2006}", // SIX-PER-EM SPACE
+            "\u{2007}", // FIGURE SPACE
+            "\u{2008}", // PUNCTUATION SPACE
+            "\u{2009}", // THIN SPACE
+            "\u{200A}", // HAIR SPACE
+            "\u{200B}", // ZERO WIDTH SPACE
+            "\u{202F}", // NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
+            "\u{205F}", // MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE
+            "\u{3000}", // IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
+            "\u{FEFF}", // ZERO WIDTH NO -BREAK SPACE
+        ];
+        $replace = "\x20"; // plain old normal space
+        $string  = str_replace($search, $replace, $string);
+
+        return trim($string);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
index 814f0c560d..5906d62967 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ class RuleFormRequest extends Request
     public function getRuleData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'title'               => trim($this->get('title')),
+            'title'               => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('title'),
             'active'              => intval($this->get('active')) == 1,
-            'trigger'             => trim($this->get('trigger')),
-            'description'         => trim($this->get('description')),
+            'trigger'             => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('trigger'),
+            'description'         => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('description'),
             'rule-triggers'       => $this->get('rule-trigger'),
             'rule-trigger-values' => $this->get('rule-trigger-value'),
             'rule-trigger-stop'   => $this->get('rule-trigger-stop'),
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuleGroupFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuleGroupFormRequest.php
index b5420c5ce5..ca0de4c947 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RuleGroupFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuleGroupFormRequest.php
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class RuleGroupFormRequest extends Request
     public function getRuleGroupData(): array
     {
         return [
-            'title'       => trim($this->input('title')),
-            'description' => trim($this->input('description')),
+            'title'       => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('title'),
+            'description' => $this->getFieldOrEmptyString('description'),
         ];
     }