# vat.py - functions for handling Greek VAT numbers # coding: utf-8 # # 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 """FPA, ΦΠΑ (Foros Prostithemenis Aksias, the Greek VAT number). The FPA is a 9-digit number with a simple checksum. >>> compact('GR 23456783') '023456783' >>> is_valid('EL 094259216 ') True >>> is_valid('EL 123456781') False """ 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('EL') or number.startswith('GR'): number = number[2:] if len(number) == 8: number = '0' + number # old format had 8 digits return number def calc_check_digit(number): """Calculate the check digit. The number passed should not have the check digit included.""" checksum = 0 for n in number: checksum = checksum * 2 + int(n) return str(checksum * 2 % 11 % 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.isdigit() and \ calc_check_digit(number[:-1]) == number[-1]