Python module to validate VAT numbers Optional dependency: suds (e.g. python3-suds-jurko on SBo), for VIES SOAP lookups on top of the built-in per-country checksum validation. Ported from the SBo python2-vatnumber template: same upstream version (1.2), same source. Upstream's setup.py still passes the removed distutils/setuptools option use_2to3=True; the SlackBuild strips it with a one-line sed patch since the code is already py2/py3-compatible as-is.