diff --git a/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimal.ts b/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimal.ts
index b5a494b0..0e2c5e43 100644
--- a/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimal.ts
+++ b/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimal.ts
@@ -40,17 +40,12 @@ export class ManagedDecimalCodec {
 
     encodeNested(value: ManagedDecimalValue): Buffer {
         let buffers: Buffer[] = [];
+        const rawValue = new BigUIntValue(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()));
         if (value.isVariable()) {
-            buffers.push(
-                Buffer.from(
-                    this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(new BigUIntValue(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()))),
-                ),
-            );
+            buffers.push(Buffer.from(this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(rawValue)));
             buffers.push(Buffer.from(this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(new U32Value(value.getScale()))));
         } else {
-            buffers.push(
-                this.binaryCodec.encodeTopLevel(new BigUIntValue(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()))),
-            );
+            buffers.push(this.binaryCodec.encodeTopLevel(rawValue));
         }
         return Buffer.concat(buffers);
     }
diff --git a/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimalSigned.ts b/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimalSigned.ts
index 0f92fd7e..181d275b 100644
--- a/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimalSigned.ts
+++ b/src/smartcontracts/codec/managedDecimalSigned.ts
@@ -41,21 +41,12 @@ export class ManagedDecimalSignedCodec {
 
     encodeNested(value: ManagedDecimalSignedValue): Buffer {
         let buffers: Buffer[] = [];
+        const rawValue = new BigIntValue(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()));
         if (value.isVariable()) {
-            buffers.push(
-                Buffer.from(
-                    this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(
-                        new BigIntValue(new BigNumber(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()))),
-                    ),
-                ),
-            );
+            buffers.push(Buffer.from(this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(rawValue)));
             buffers.push(Buffer.from(this.binaryCodec.encodeNested(new U32Value(value.getScale()))));
         } else {
-            buffers.push(
-                Buffer.from(
-                    this.binaryCodec.encodeTopLevel(new BigIntValue(value.valueOf().shiftedBy(value.getScale()))),
-                ),
-            );
+            buffers.push(Buffer.from(this.binaryCodec.encodeTopLevel(rawValue)));
         }
         return Buffer.concat(buffers);
     }
diff --git a/src/smartcontracts/interaction.local.net.spec.ts b/src/smartcontracts/interaction.local.net.spec.ts
index e1b546da..05b8a810 100644
--- a/src/smartcontracts/interaction.local.net.spec.ts
+++ b/src/smartcontracts/interaction.local.net.spec.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe("test smart contract interactor", function () {
             .withSender(alice.address)
             .withValue(0);
 
-        // addition();
+        // addition()
         let additionTransaction = additionInteraction
             .withSender(alice.address)
             .useThenIncrementNonceOf(alice.account)