# vat.py - functions for handling Maltese 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 """VAT (Maltese VAT number). The Maltese VAT registration number contains 8 digits and uses a simple weigted checksum. >>> compact('MT 1167-9112') '11679112' >>> is_valid('1167-9112') True >>> is_valid('1167-9113') # invalid check digits 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('MT'): number = number[2:] return number def checksum(number): """Calculate the checksum.""" weights = (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1) return sum(weights[i] * int(n) for i, n in enumerate(number)) % 37 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 number.isdigit() and len(number) == 8 and \ number[0] != '0' and checksum(number) == 0