diff --git a/beangulp/importers/csvbase.py b/beangulp/importers/csvbase.py
index f2bb6d6..3bb042e 100644
--- a/beangulp/importers/csvbase.py
+++ b/beangulp/importers/csvbase.py
@@ -144,17 +144,22 @@ class Amount(Column):
       subs: Dictionary mapping regular expression patterns to
         replacement strings. Substitutions are performed with
         re.sub() in the order they are specified.
+      negate: If true, negate the amount.
       default: Value to return if the field is empty, if specified.
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, name, subs=None, default=NA):
+    def __init__(self, name, subs=None, negate=False, default=NA):
         super().__init__(name, default=default)
         self.subs = subs if subs is not None else {}
+        self.negate = negate
 
     def parse(self, value):
         for pattern, replacement in self.subs.items():
             value = re.sub(pattern, replacement, value)
-        return decimal.Decimal(value)
+        parsed = decimal.Decimal(value)
+        if self.negate:
+            parsed = -parsed
+        return parsed
 
 
 # The CSV Importer class needs to inherit from beangulp.Importer which
diff --git a/beangulp/importers/csvbase_test.py b/beangulp/importers/csvbase_test.py
index ea64de0..bfb9597 100644
--- a/beangulp/importers/csvbase_test.py
+++ b/beangulp/importers/csvbase_test.py
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ def test_default_value_none(self):
         value = func(('', ))
         self.assertIsNone(value)
 
+    def test_parse_negate(self):
+        column = Amount(0, negate=True)
+        func = column.getter(None)
+        value = func(('123.45', ))
+        self.assertIsInstance(value, decimal.Decimal)
+        self.assertEqual(value, -decimal.Decimal('123.45'))
+
 
 class TestCSVMeta(unittest.TestCase):