diff --git a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
index a195c4d..3b0b064 100644
--- a/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/items_controller.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class ItemsController < ApplicationController
 
   def new
     @item = Item.new
+    @item.taxable.nil? ? true : @item.taxable
   end
 
   def show
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class ItemsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def item_params
-    params.require(:item).permit(:name, :description, :sku, :unit_price, :active, :account_id, :type)
+    params.require(:item).permit(:name, :description, :sku, :unit_price, :active, :account_id, :type, :taxable)
   end
 
   private 
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index 56f4eb7..d5d5351 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Item < QboBaseModel
   self.primary_key = :id
   self.inheritance_column = :_type_disabled
   qbo_sync push: true
+  after_initialize :set_defaults, if: :new_record?
 
   # Updates Both local & remote DB account ref
   def account_id=(id)
@@ -35,7 +36,15 @@ class Item < QboBaseModel
     details.name = s
     super
   end
+
+  def ref
+    Quickbooks::Model::BaseReference.new
+  end
   
+  def set_defaults
+    self.taxable = true if taxable.nil?
+  end
+
   # Updates Both local & remote DB sku
   def sku=(s)
     details.sku = s
diff --git a/app/services/item_sync_service.rb b/app/services/item_sync_service.rb
index e606687..8463d08 100644
--- a/app/services/item_sync_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/item_sync_service.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ItemSyncService < SyncServiceBase
   end
 
   map_attribute :active, :active?
+  map_attribute :taxable, :taxable?
   map_attributes :description, :id, :name, :sku, :type, :unit_price
   
 end
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diff --git a/app/views/items/_form.html.erb b/app/views/items/_form.html.erb
index 1ef10af..7bb3e90 100644
--- a/app/views/items/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/items/_form.html.erb
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
         <td style="padding: 8px;"><%= f.number_field :unit_price, step: 0.01, style: "width: 100%;" %></td>
       </tr>
 
+      <tr>
+        <td style="padding: 8px; vertical-align: middle;"><%= f.label :taxable %></td>
+        <td style="padding: 8px; vertical-align: middle;">
+          <%= f.check_box :taxable %>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+
       <tr>
         <td style="padding: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><%= f.label :account %></td>
         <td style="padding: 8px;">
diff --git a/db/migrate/004_create_accounts.rb b/db/migrate/004_create_accounts.rb
index 6250649..b58fb22 100644
--- a/db/migrate/004_create_accounts.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/004_create_accounts.rb
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ class CreateAccounts < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
 
     add_reference :items, :account, foreign_key: true
     add_column :items, :type, :string
+    add_column :items, :taxable, :boolean, null: true
   end
 end
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