# vat.py - functions for handling German VAT numbers # # Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 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 """Ust ID Nr. (Umsatzsteur Identifikationnummer, German VAT number). The number is 9 digits long and uses the ISO 7064 Mod 11, 10 check digit algorithm. >>> compact('DE 136,695 976') '136695976' >>> validate('DE136695976') '136695976' >>> validate('136695978') Traceback (most recent call last): ... InvalidChecksum: ... """ from stdnum.exceptions import * from stdnum.iso7064 import mod_11_10 from stdnum.util import clean, isdigits 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('DE'): number = number[2:] return number def validate(number): """Check if the number provided is a valid VAT number. This checks the length, formatting and check digit.""" number = compact(number) if not isdigits(number) or number[0] == '0': raise InvalidFormat() if len(number) != 9: raise InvalidLength() mod_11_10.validate(number) return number def is_valid(number): """Check if the number provided is a valid VAT number. This checks the length, formatting and check digit.""" try: return bool(validate(number)) except ValidationError: return False