libestg9s4a

§ 9, section 4a of the German Einkommensteuergesetz (EStG) defines height of reimbursements on business trips. This library takes the from/to dates of a trip as well as the already-paid-for meals for each day and returns a list of days detailing how much must be paid to the employee.

As noted in the license, this software is provided without any warranty or guarantee for correctness.

Installation

Install libestg9s4a via pip:

$ pip install libestg9s4a

Usage

>>> import datetime as DT
>>> from libestg9s4a import EStG9s4a

Development

Setup

Using python 3.6, do the following:

$ virtualenv venv --python=python3.6
$ pip install -e ".[dev]"

Usual Tasks

• make test: run tests (use tox or py.test directly to supply flags like -k)
• make lint: run pylava and friends
• make fixlint: sort imports correctly

Releasing a new version

Assuming you have been handed the required credentials, a new version can be released as follows.

1. adapt the version in setup.py, according to semver.
2. commit this change as Version 1.2.3
3. tag the resulting commit as v1.2.3
4. push the new tag as well as the master branch
5. update the package on PyPI:

$ rm dist/*
$ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
$ twine upload dist/*

Prerequisites

This library is currently python 3.6+. If you would like to use this library with a lower python version, please open an issue. We're happy to change things around.

Versioning

New version numbers are assigned following semver. All 0.x.y versions are tested and usable, but do not have a stable public interface.

A version 1.0 will be released, once we deem the library stable.

License

All code in this repository is licensed under the MIT license.