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Diffstat (limited to 'addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py | 27 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py b/addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py index 7b09ee24a58..e093b024976 100644 --- a/addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py +++ b/addons/base_vat/__openerp__.py @@ -33,19 +33,20 @@ be validated for all supported countries. The country is inferred from the will be validated using the Belgian rules. There are two different levels of VAT number validation: - - * By default, a simple off-line check is performed using the known validation - rules for the country, usually a simple check digit. This is quick and - always available, but allows numbers that are perhaps not truly allocated, - or not valid anymore. - * When the "VAT VIES Check" option is enabled (in the configuration of the user's - Company), VAT numbers will be instead submitted to the online EU VIES - database, which will truly verify that the number is valid and currently - allocated to a EU company. This is a little bit slower than the simple - off-line check, requires an Internet connection, and may not be available - all the time. If the service is not available or does not support the - requested country (e.g. for non-EU countries), a simple check will be performed - instead. +-------------------------------------------------------- + * By default, a simple off-line check is performed using the known validation + rules for the country, usually a simple check digit. This is quick and + always available, but allows numbers that are perhaps not truly allocated, + or not valid anymore. + + * When the "VAT VIES Check" option is enabled (in the configuration of the user's + Company), VAT numbers will be instead submitted to the online EU VIES + database, which will truly verify that the number is valid and currently + allocated to a EU company. This is a little bit slower than the simple + off-line check, requires an Internet connection, and may not be available + all the time. If the service is not available or does not support the + requested country (e.g. for non-EU countries), a simple check will be performed + instead. Supported countries currently include EU countries, and a few non-EU countries such as Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Norway or Russia. For unsupported countries, |