diff --git a/app/controllers/nonprofits/tag_masters_controller.rb b/app/controllers/nonprofits/tag_masters_controller.rb
index ecc46943..35e68b8e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/nonprofits/tag_masters_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/nonprofits/tag_masters_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module Nonprofits
   class TagMastersController < ApplicationController
     include Controllers::Nonprofit::Current
-  include Controllers::Nonprofit::Authorization
+    include Controllers::Nonprofit::Authorization
     before_action :authenticate_nonprofit_user!
 
     def index
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Nonprofits
 
     def destroy
       tag_master = current_nonprofit.tag_masters.find(params[:id])
-      tag_master.update_attribute(:deleted, true)
+      tag_master.discard!
       tag_master.tag_joins.destroy_all
       render json: {}, status: :ok
     end
diff --git a/app/models/tag_join.rb b/app/models/tag_join.rb
index 79138bb9..ddd98bca 100644
--- a/app/models/tag_join.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag_join.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TagJoin < ApplicationRecord
 
   def name
     tag_master.name
-end
+  end
 
   def self.create_with_name(nonprofit, h)
     tm = nonprofit.tag_masters.find_by_name(h['name'])
diff --git a/app/models/tag_master.rb b/app/models/tag_master.rb
index 63a76af7..d83c9203 100644
--- a/app/models/tag_master.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag_master.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # License: AGPL-3.0-or-later WITH WTO-AP-3.0-or-later
 # Full license explanation at https://github.com/houdiniproject/houdini/blob/master/LICENSE
 class TagMaster < ApplicationRecord
+
+  # TODO replace with Discard gem
+  define_model_callbacks :discard
+
+  after_discard :publish_delete
+
   # :nonprofit, :nonprofit_id,
   # :name,
   # :deleted,
@@ -11,6 +17,7 @@ class TagMaster < ApplicationRecord
   validates :name, presence: true
   validate :no_dupes, on: :create
 
+  after_create :publish_create
   belongs_to :nonprofit
   has_many :tag_joins, dependent: :destroy
   has_one :email_list
@@ -22,4 +29,50 @@ class TagMaster < ApplicationRecord
 
     errors.add(:base, 'Duplicate tag') if nonprofit.tag_masters.not_deleted.where(name: name).any?
   end
+
+
+  # TODO replace with discard gem
+  def discard!
+    run_callbacks(:discard) do
+      self.deleted = true
+      save!
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def to_builder(*expand)
+    Jbuilder.new do |tag|
+      tag.(self, :id, :name, :deleted)
+      tag.object 'tag_master'
+      if expand.include? :nonprofit && nonprofit
+        tag.nonprofit do 
+          tag.id  nonprofit.id
+          tag.name  nonprofit.name
+        end
+      else
+        tag.nonprofit nonprofit && nonprofit.id
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+
+private
+  def publish_create
+    Houdini.event_publisher.announce(:tag_master_created, to_event('tag_master.created', :nonprofit).attributes!)
+  end
+
+  def publish_delete
+    Houdini.event_publisher.announce(:tag_master_deleted, to_event('tag_master.deleted', :nonprofit).attributes!)
+  end
+  
+
+  def to_event(event_type, *expand)
+    Jbuilder.new do |event|
+      event.id SecureRandom.uuid
+      event.object 'event'
+      event.type event_type
+      event.data do 
+        event.object to_builder(*expand)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/TagMaster.ts b/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/TagMaster.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66ffc33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/TagMaster.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import type { HoudiniEvent, HoudiniObject, IdType } from "../common";
+import type Nonprofit from './';
+
+export interface TagMaster extends HoudiniObject {
+	deleted: boolean;
+	name: string;
+	nonprofit: IdType | Nonprofit;
+	object: 'tag_master';
+}
+
+/** POST /nonprofits/:id/tag_masters */
+export interface CreateTagMaster {
+	name: string;
+}
+
+export type TagMasterCreated = HoudiniEvent<'tag_master.created', TagMaster>;
+
+export type TagMasterDeleted = HoudiniEvent<'tag_master.deleted', TagMaster>;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/index.ts b/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..387e6f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/event_definitions/Nonprofit/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+import type { HoudiniObject } from '../common';
+
+/**
+ * A single nonprofit organization on Houdini.
+ */
+export default interface Nonprofit extends HoudiniObject {
+	name: string;
+	object: "nonprofit";
+}
diff --git a/docs/event_definitions/common.ts b/docs/event_definitions/common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51808402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/event_definitions/common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+/**
+ * the main identifier for HoudiniObjects which is unique between all other HoudiniObjects with the same object value.
+ * Currently just an integer but we could reevaluate later;
+ */
+export type IdType = number;
+
+/**
+ * Every object controlled by the Houdini event publisher must meet this standard interface
+ * and will inherit from it.
+ */
+export interface HoudiniObject {
+	/**
+	 * An IdType which unique which uniquely identifies this object
+	 * from all other similar objects
+	 */
+	id: IdType;
+	/**
+	 * the type of object. Roughly corresponds to the object's class in Rails
+	 */
+	object: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * An event published by Houdini
+ *
+ * Generics:
+ * * EventType a snake-cased string of the format: "<object_type>.<event_name>". As an example
+ * 		tag_master.created means the event fired by when a tag_master was created
+ * * DataObject: the interface representing the actual object which the event occurred on. An object of that type is
+ * on the 'data' attribute
+ */
+export interface HoudiniEvent<EventType extends string, DataObject extends HoudiniObject> {
+	/** data for the event. We wrap the object inside becuase we might want to provide some sort of   */
+	data: {
+		/** the object after the event has occurred */
+		object: DataObject;
+	};
+	/**
+	 * A UUID uniquely representing the event
+	 */
+	id: string;
+	object: 'event';
+	/** The type of event that this is */
+	type: EventType;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/models/tag_master_spec.rb b/spec/models/tag_master_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3afe628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/tag_master_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# License: AGPL-3.0-or-later WITH WTO-AP-3.0-or-later
+# Full license explanation at https://github.com/houdiniproject/houdini/blob/master/LICENSE
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe TagMaster, type: :model do
+  include_context :shared_donation_charge_context
+  let(:name) { "TAGNAME"}
+
+  let(:tag_master) { nonprofit.tag_masters.create(name: name) }
+  it 'creates' do 
+    expect(tag_master.errors).to be_empty
+  end
+
+  it 'announces create' do
+    expect(Houdini.event_publisher).to receive(:announce).with(:tag_master_created, {
+      'id' => kind_of(String),
+      'object' => 'event',
+      'type' => 'tag_master.created',
+      'data' => {
+        'object' => {
+          'id'=> kind_of(Numeric),
+          'deleted' => false,
+          'name' => name,
+          'nonprofit'=> nonprofit.id,
+          'object' => 'tag_master'
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    tag_master
+  end
+  
+  it 'announces deleted' do
+    expect(Houdini.event_publisher).to receive(:announce).with(:tag_master_created, anything).ordered
+    expect(Houdini.event_publisher).to receive(:announce).with(:tag_master_deleted, {
+      'id' => kind_of(String),
+      'object' => 'event',
+      'type' => 'tag_master.deleted',
+      'data' => {
+        'object' => {
+          'id'=> kind_of(Numeric),
+          'deleted' => true,
+          'name' => name,
+          'nonprofit'=> nonprofit.id,
+          'object' => 'tag_master'
+        }
+      }
+    }).ordered
+    
+    tag_master.discard!
+
+  end
+end