diff --git a/pyaccuwage/__init__.py b/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
index 4691cee..01fef45 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
@@ -88,6 +88,33 @@ def dumps(records):
     fp.seek(0)
     return fp.read()
 
+def json_dumps(records):
+    import json
+    import model
+    import decimal
+
+    class JSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+        def default(self, o):
+            if hasattr(o, 'toJSON') and callable(getattr(o, 'toJSON')):
+                return o.toJSON()
+
+            elif isinstance(o, decimal.Decimal):
+                return str(o.quantize(decimal.Decimal('0.01')))
+
+            return super(JSONEncoder, self).default(o)
+
+    return json.dumps(records, cls=JSONEncoder, indent=2)
+
+
+def json_loads(s, record_classes):
+    import json
+
+    def object_hook(o):
+        return {'object_hook':str(o)}
+        #def default(self, o):
+        #    return super(JSONDecoder, self).default(o)
+
+    return json.loads(s, object_hook=object_hook)
 
 # THIS WAS IN CONTROLLER, BUT UNLESS WE
 # REALLY NEED A CONTROLLER CLASS, IT'S SIMPLER
@@ -104,6 +131,7 @@ def validate_required_records(records):
     while req_types:
         req = req_types[0]
         if req not in types:
+            from fields import ValidationError
             raise ValidationError("Record set missing required record: %s" % req)
         else:
             req_types.remove(req)
diff --git a/pyaccuwage/fields.py b/pyaccuwage/fields.py
index 960db3e..2f0658e 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/fields.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/fields.py
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ class Field(object):
     def parse(self, s):
         self.value = s.strip()
 
+    def toJSON(self):
+        data = self.get_data()
+
+        return {
+            '__class__': self.__class__.__name__,
+            'name': self.name,
+            'maxLength': self.max_length,
+            'required': self.required,
+            'data': data,
+            'value': self._value,
+            'dataLength': len(data)
+        }
+
 
 class TextField(Field):
     def validate(self):
@@ -146,6 +159,9 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
 
 
 class MoneyField(Field):
+    def __init__(self, name=None, max_length=0, required=False):
+        super(MoneyField, self).__init__(name=name, uppercase=False, max_length=max_length, required=required)
+
     def validate(self):
         if self.value == None and self.required:
             raise ValidationError("value required", field=self)
diff --git a/pyaccuwage/model.py b/pyaccuwage/model.py
index 05f2315..0a239a3 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/model.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/model.py
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ class Model(object):
             field.read(fp)
 
 
+    def toJSON(self):
+        return {
+            '__class__': self.__class__.__name__,
+            'fields': self.get_sorted_fields()
+        }
+