# vat.py - functions for handling German 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 """Ust ID Nr. (Umsatzsteur Identifikationnummer, the German VAT number). The number is 10 digits long and uses the ISO 7064 Mod 11, 10 check digit algorithm. >>> compact('DE 136,695 976') '136695976' >>> is_valid('DE136695976') True >>> is_valid('136695978') False """ from stdnum.iso7064 import mod_11_10 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('DE'): number = number[2:] return number 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.isdigit() and \ number[0] != '0' and mod_11_10.is_valid(number)