diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ce3418..65491d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Versions
 
-* v1.0.0 -- {{ yyyy-mm-dd }}
-  - initial creation
-
+- 0.0.1 -- 2024-10-18  
+  - initial creation with tags for finops
diff --git a/common/version.tf b/common/version.tf
index a0cd862..8eeb428 100644
--- a/common/version.tf
+++ b/common/version.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 locals {
-  _module_version = "0.0.0"
+  _module_version = "0.0.1"
+  _module_name    = "boc-nts"
 }
diff --git a/tags/.tf-control b/tags/.tf-control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..340816b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/.tf-control
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# .tf-control
+# allows for setting a specific command to be used for tf-* commands under this git repo
+# see tf-control.sh help for more info
+
+TFCONTROL_VERSION="1.0.7"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_latest"
+TFCOMMAND="terraform_current"
+
+# TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE=PATH-TO-FILE/.tf-control.tfrc
+# TFARGS=""
+# TFNOLOG=""
+# TFNOCOLOR=""
+
+# from issue: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/32901
+# to get to TF 1.4 and beyond in a shared cache environment
+# this is currently in the tf-control.sh script explicitly
+#TF_PLUGIN_CACHE_MAY_BREAK_DEPENDENCY_LOCK_FILE=1
+
+# use the following to force a specific version.  An upgrade of an existing 0.12.31 to 1.x
+# needs you to cycle through 0.13.17, 0.14.11, and then latest (0.15.5 not needed).  Other
+# steps in between.  See https://github.e.it.census.gov/terraform/support/tree/master/docs/how-to/terraform-upgrade for details
+#
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.12.31"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.13.7"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.14.11"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.15.5"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.3.10"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.4.7"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.5.7"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.6.6"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.7.5"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_1.8.2"
diff --git a/tags/.tf-control.tfrc b/tags/.tf-control.tfrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7425488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/.tf-control.tfrc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+TFCONTROL_VERSION="1.0.5"
+
+# https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/config/config-file.html
+plugin_cache_dir   = "/data/terraform/terraform.d/plugin-cache"
+#disable_checkpoint = true
+
+provider_installation {
+#  filesystem_mirror {
+#    path    = "/apps/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+#    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+#  }
+  filesystem_mirror {
+    path    = "/data/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+  }
+#  filesystem_mirror {
+#    path    = "/apps/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+#    include = [ "external.terraform.census.gov/*/*" ]
+#  }
+  direct {
+    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/tags/config.yml b/tags/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea44a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+finops_project_number:
+  valid_values:
+    - fs0000000000
+    - fs0000000000
+    - fs0000000001
+    - fs0000000002
+    - fs0000000003
+    - fs0000000004
+    - fs0000000004
+    - fs0000000005
+    - fs0000000006
+    - fs0000000007
+    - fs0000000008
+    - fs0000000009
+    - fs0000000010
+    - fs0000000011
+    - fs0000000012
+    - fs0000000013
+    - fs0000000014
+    - fs0000000015
+    - fs0000000015
+    - fs0000000016
+    - fs0000000017
+    - fs0000000018
+    - fs0000000019
+    - fs0000000020
+    - fs0000000021
+    - fs0000000022
+    - fs0000000023
+    - fs0000000023
+    - fs0000000023
+    - fs0000000024
+    - fs0000000024
+    - fs0000000025
+    - fs0000000026
+    - fs0000000027
+    - fs0000000028
+    - fs0000000029
+    - fs0000000030
+    - fs0000000031
+    - fs0000000032
+    - fs0000000033
+    - fs0000000034
+    - fs0000000034
+    - fs0000000035
+    - fs0000000036
+    - fs0000000037
+    - fs0000000038
+    - fs0000000039
+    - fs0000000039
+    - fs0000000040
+    - fs0000000041
+    - fs0000000042
+    - fs0000000042
+    - fs0000000042
+    - fs0000000042
+    - fs0000000043
+    - fs0000000044
+    - fs0000000045
+    - fs0000000046
+    - fs0000000047
+    - fs0000000048
+    - fs0000000049
+    - fs0000000050
+    - fs0000000051
+    - fs0000000052
+    - fs0000000053
+    - fs0000000054
+    - fs0000000055
+    - fs0000000056
+    - fs0000000057
+    - fs0000000058
+    - fs0000000059
+    - fs0000000060
+    - fs0000000063
diff --git a/tags/locals.tf b/tags/locals.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efc0208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/locals.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+locals {
+  base_tags = {
+    "boc:created_by"        = "terraform"
+    "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version
+    "boc:tf_module_name"    = format("%v/%v", local._module_name, "tags")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tags/main.tf b/tags/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d616fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+locals {
+  tags_in           = var.filename != null && try(fileexists(var.filename), false) ? yamldecode(file(var.filename)) : yamldecode("")
+  tags_filenames_in = length(var.filenames) > 0 ? { for f in var.filenames : f => yamldecode(file(f)) if fileexists(f) } : {}
+
+  _finops = { for k in ["number", "name", "role"] : k => try(local.tags_in.finops[k], try(var.finops[k], null)) }
+  _finops_tags = {
+    prefix         = "finops"
+    project_number = format("fs%010d", local._finops.number)
+    project_name   = replace(local._finops.name, "/[^a-z0-9_]/", "")
+    project_role   = local._finops.role != null ? replace(replace(local._finops.role, "+", format("%v_", local._finops.name)), "/[^a-z0-9_]/", "") : null
+  }
+  finops_tags = { for k, v in local._finops_tags : k => v if v != null && k != "prefix" }
+}
diff --git a/tags/outputs.tf b/tags/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b92d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+output "tags" {
+  description = "Map of processed tag key/value pairs"
+  value = merge(
+    local.base_tags,
+    { for k, v in local.finops_tags : format("%v_%v", local._finops_tags.prefix, k) => v },
+  )
+}
+
+output "tag_hierarchy" {
+  description = "Map of processed tag key/value pairs grouped by category"
+  value = {
+    "base"   = local.base_tags
+    "finops" = local.finops_tags
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tags/tags.yml b/tags/tags.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5285bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/tags.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+finops:
+  number: 17
+  name: frank
+  role:
+mon:
+  priority:
+  visibility:
+ops:
+
diff --git a/tags/variables.tf b/tags/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b379b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+variable "filename" {
+  description = "Filename of YAML file with tags (see documentation for structure)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "filenames" {
+  description = "Filenames of YAML file with tags (see documentation for structure).  Each will be processed and the resultant tags merged"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = []
+}
+
+#---
+# finops
+#---
+variable "finops" {
+  description = "FinOps Related tags (required: number, name; not-required: role)"
+  type = object({
+    number = number
+    name   = string
+    role   = optional(string)
+  })
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = var.finops.number > 0 && var.finops.number < 10000000000
+    error_message = "Invalid finops.number, must be between 0 and 10,000,000,000."
+  }
+}
+
+# variable "ops" {}
+# variable "mon" {}
diff --git a/tags/version.tf b/tags/version.tf
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b83c5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tags/version.tf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/version.tf
\ No newline at end of file