New generator request: Faker::Company.indian_gst_number

[ankitkhadria]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it.
So, in India, every business needs a goods and service tax number, my requirement was to assign random valid tax numbers to companies.

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I kind of started working on PR, It is useful to many ways

Instead of creating random numbers, we can actually create a valid GST(Tax) number, so that if applicable it passes all the validations and other checks.

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It's a 15 character Alphanumeric number, so for now creating a random one

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No translation is needed, it is an alphanumeric character.

[stefannibrasil]

Hi @ankitkhadria thanks for the description!

Could you clarify more what makes a generated value a valid GST(Tax) number? Thanks!

[ankitkhadria]

Hi @ankitkhadria thanks for the description!

Could you clarify more what makes a generated value a valid GST(Tax) number? Thanks!

Here is a format break-down of the GSTIN:

The first two digits represent the state code as per Indian Census 2021. Every state has a unique code. For instance,
The state code of Karnataka is 29
The state code of Delhi is 07
The next ten digits will be the PAN number of the taxpayer
The thirteenth digit will be assigned based on the number of registrations within a state
The fourteenth digit will be “Z” by default
The last digit will be for the check code. It may be an alphabet or a number.

I am using the same format to generate a dummy GST number so that it can go with a real project.

[stefannibrasil]

Awesome, thank you @ankitkhadria I have tested it locally as well and it's looking good.