# vat.py - functions for handling Austrian VAT numbers # # Copyright (C) 2012 Arthur de Jong # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA # 02110-1301 USA """UID (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer, Austrian VAT number). The Austrian UID is a 9-digit number that starts with a U (optionally preceded with AT). The last digit is a check digit. >>> compact('AT U13585627') 'U13585627' >>> is_valid('U13585627') True >>> calc_check_digit('U1358562') '7' >>> is_valid('U13585626') # incorrect check digit False """ from stdnum import luhn from stdnum.util import clean def compact(number): """Convert the number to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" number = clean(number, ' -./').upper().strip() if number.startswith('AT'): number = number[2:] return number def calc_check_digit(number): """Calculate the check digit. The number passed should not have the check digit included.""" return str((6 - luhn.checksum(number[1:])) % 10) def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid VAT number. This checks the length, formatting and check digit.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False return len(number) == 9 and number[0] == 'U' and \ number[1:].isdigit() and \ calc_check_digit(number[:-1]) == number[-1]