German SteuerNummer validation

l10n_de_steuernummer folder_open OCA/l10n-germany open_in_new

Localisation/Europe License: AGPL-3

This module was written to extend the functionality of base_vat to support validation of german SteuerNummer following this schema: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steuernummer

auto_awesome What this module does

AI-generated from the code · Odoo 14.0

Adds German SteuerNummer (tax number) validation to partner records, so Odoo can check whether a German tax number entered on a contact looks valid.

This module extends the standard VAT validation of Odoo to cover the German SteuerNummer (tax number) used on contacts.

When a German tax number is checked on a partner, Odoo first tries the external vatnumber library. If that library is not installed or does not confirm the number, the module falls back to a simple rule: it removes every non-digit character and accepts the number only if it contains 10 or 11 digits.

It works on the res.partner model, the same place where customer and supplier tax IDs are stored.
It adds the German-specific check check_vat_de, which is used by the standard VAT validation flow from base_vat.
No new menus, screens, buttons or reports are added; the behaviour appears wherever a partner's tax number is validated in Odoo.
No automatic emails, scheduled jobs or extra fields are introduced.

In short, it helps German companies avoid saving obviously wrong tax numbers on their contacts, while keeping the normal Odoo VAT validation behaviour.

Depends on

base_vat

Models and fields (1)

res.partner · extends an existing model

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Availability by version

Reviewed: 2026-11-03

Confirmed (verified in repository and branch) Estimated (unverified) No information

Confirmation status: 2 confirmed, 7 with no information of 9 versions.

Sources · Odoo 12.0

Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 12.0 of OCA/l10n-germany.

terminal Installation and usage

OCA documentation · Odoo 14.0

Usage

Source · Odoo 14.0

To use this module, you need to:

Go to Contacts.
Create a new record.
Put a SteuerNummer in the VAT field preceded by 'DE'.
It won't fail.

No verified information in OCA: Installation, Configuration.

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