diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.2-7.5.3.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.2-7.5.3.pl
index 1bd5461cc..bbdca04e0 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.2-7.5.3.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.2-7.5.3.pl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ my $session = start(); # this line required
 
 # upgrade functions go here
 
+insertCommerceTaxTable($session);
+
 finish($session); # this line required
 
 
@@ -34,6 +36,25 @@ finish($session); # this line required
 #	# and here's our code
 #}
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub insertCommerceTaxTable {
+	my $session = shift;
+	print "\tInstall the Commerce Tax Table.\n" unless ($quiet);
+	# and here's our code
+    $session->db->write(<<EOSQL);
+
+CREATE TABLE tax (
+    taxId    VARCHAR(22)  NOT NULL,
+    field    VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+    value    VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT 0.0,
+    taxRate  FLOAT        NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (taxId),
+    UNIQUE  KEY (field, value)
+)
+EOSQL
+
+}
+
 
 # --------------- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --------------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
index 8c4679241..9d61ef25c 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Tax.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Package WebGUI::Shop::Tax
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This package manages tax information, and calculates taxes on a shopping cart.
+This package manages tax information, and calculates taxes on a shopping cart.  It isn't a classic object
+in that the only data it contains is a WebGUI::Session object, but it does provide several methods for
+handling the information in the tax tables.
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -28,6 +30,21 @@ readonly session => my %session;
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 getItems ( )
+
+Returns a WebGUI::SQL::Result object for accessing all of the data in the tax table.  This
+is a convenience method for listing and/or exporting tax data.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getItems {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $result = $self->session->db->read('select * from tax');
+    return $result;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 =head2 new ( $session )
 
 Constructor for the WebGUI::Shop::Tax.  Returns a WebGUI::Shop::Tax object.
diff --git a/t/Shop/Tax.t b/t/Shop/Tax.t
index b4c0c0c20..fd2f69d6c 100644
--- a/t/Shop/Tax.t
+++ b/t/Shop/Tax.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 
-my $tests = 3;
+my $tests = 5;
 plan tests => 1 + $tests;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ isa_ok($taxer->session, 'WebGUI::Session', 'session method returns a session obj
 
 is($session->getId, $taxer->session->getId, 'session method returns OUR session object');
 
+my $taxIterator = $taxer->getItems;
+
+isa_ok($taxIterator, 'WebGUI::SQL::ResultSet');
+
+is($taxIterator->rows, 0, 'WebGUI ships with no predefined tax data');
+
 }