diff --git a/samples/snippets/conftest.py b/samples/snippets/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e47036f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import datetime
+import uuid
+
+import pytest
+
+import google.auth
+from google.cloud import datacatalog
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def policy_tag_manager_client(credentials):
+    return datacatalog.PolicyTagManagerClient(credentials=credentials)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def random_taxonomy(policy_tag_manager_client, project_id):
+    random_taxonomy = datacatalog.Taxonomy()
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    display_name = f'example_taxonomy' \
+                   f'_{now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")}' \
+                   f'_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}'
+    random_taxonomy.display_name = display_name
+    yield random_taxonomy
+    parent = datacatalog.PolicyTagManagerClient.common_location_path(
+        project_id, 'us'
+    )
+    taxonomies = policy_tag_manager_client.list_taxonomies(parent=parent)
+    taxonomy = next(
+        (t for t in taxonomies if t.display_name == display_name), None)
+    if taxonomy:
+        policy_tag_manager_client.delete_taxonomy(name=taxonomy.name)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def default_credentials():
+    return google.auth.default()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def credentials(default_credentials):
+    return default_credentials[0]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def project_id(default_credentials):
+    return default_credentials[1]
diff --git a/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy.py b/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14550c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+def create_taxonomy(client, project_id, taxonomy):
+
+    # [START data_catalog_create_taxonomy_tag]
+    from google.cloud import datacatalog
+
+    # TODO(developer): Construct a Policy Tag Manager client object.
+    # client = datacatalog.PolicyTagManagerClient()
+
+    # TODO(developer): Set project_id to the ID of the project the
+    #  taxonomy will belong to.
+    # project_id = 'your-project-id'
+
+    # TODO(developer): Specify the geographic location where the
+    #  taxonomy should reside.
+    location_id = 'us'
+
+    # Construct a full location path to be the parent of the taxonomy.
+    parent = datacatalog.PolicyTagManagerClient.common_location_path(
+        project_id, location_id
+    )
+
+    # TODO(developer): Construct a full Taxonomy object to send to the API.
+    # taxonomy = datacatalog.Taxonomy()
+    # taxonomy.display_name = 'My Taxonomy'
+    # taxonomy.description = 'This Taxonomy represents ...'
+
+    # Send the taxonomy to the API for creation.
+    taxonomy = client.create_taxonomy(parent=parent, taxonomy=taxonomy)
+    print(f'Created taxonomy {taxonomy.name}')
+    # [END data_catalog_create_taxonomy_tag]
diff --git a/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy_test.py b/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00ecbbed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/snippets/data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy
+
+
+def test_create_taxonomy(
+        capsys, policy_tag_manager_client, project_id, random_taxonomy):
+
+    data_catalog_ptm_create_taxonomy.create_taxonomy(
+        policy_tag_manager_client, project_id, random_taxonomy)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert (
+        f'Created taxonomy projects/{project_id}/locations/us/taxonomies/'
+        in out
+    )