diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3391920e..fb0b67bfe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Features
  + Removed deprecated 'fg:' and 'bg:' attributes.
  + The 'diagnostics' command now reports libuuid details.
  + New characters for parsing and formating dates ('n', 's' and 'v').
+ + Virtual tags.
 
 Bugs
  + Fixed bug #1043, where aliases were not recognized by bash autocompletion.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51df33def..f98a6233e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 New Features in taskwarrior 2.2.0
 
   - Bash autocompletion now works with aliases.
-
+  - Virtual tags provide a tag query interface to more complex states.
   - Deprectated 'fg' and 'bg' attributes removed.  Any residual use of those
     will appear as orphaned UDAs.
 
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 0c50e7920..170138a40 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,60 @@ void Task::setStatus (Task::status status)
   recalc_urgency = true;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool Task::is_due () const
+{
+  if (has ("due"))
+  {
+    Task::status status = getStatus ();
+
+    if (status != Task::completed &&
+        status != Task::deleted)
+    {
+      if (getDueState (get ("due")) == 1)
+        return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool Task::is_duetoday () const
+{
+  if (has ("due"))
+  {
+    Task::status status = getStatus ();
+
+    if (status != Task::completed &&
+        status != Task::deleted)
+    {
+      if (getDueState (get ("due")) == 2)
+        return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool Task::is_overdue () const
+{
+  if (has ("due"))
+  {
+    Task::status status = getStatus ();
+
+    if (status != Task::completed &&
+        status != Task::deleted)
+    {
+      if (getDueState (get ("due")) == 3)
+        return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Attempt an FF4 parse first, using Task::parse, and in the event of an error
 // try a legacy parse (F3, FF2).  Note that FF1 is no longer supported.
@@ -885,6 +939,15 @@ int Task::getTagCount () const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 bool Task::hasTag (const std::string& tag) const
 {
+  // Synthetic tags - dynamically generated, but do not occupy storage space.
+  if (tag == "BLOCKED")   return is_blocked;
+  if (tag == "UNBLOCKED") return !is_blocked;
+  if (tag == "BLOCKING")  return is_blocking;
+  if (tag == "DUE")       return is_due ();
+  if (tag == "DUETODAY")  return is_duetoday ();
+  if (tag == "OVERDUE")   return is_overdue ();
+
+  // Concrete tags.
   std::vector <std::string> tags;
   split (tags, get ("tags"), ',');
 
@@ -1324,19 +1387,19 @@ float Task::urgency_c () const
 
 /* 
   // Very useful for debugging urgency problems.
-  std::cout << "# Urgency for " << id << ":\n"
-          << "#     pri " << (urgency_priority ()    * urgencyPriorityCoefficient)
-          << "#     pro " << (urgency_project ()     * urgencyProjectCoefficient)
-          << "#     act " << (urgency_active ()      * urgencyActiveCoefficient)
-          << "#     sch " << (urgency_scheduled ()   * urgencyScheduledCoefficient)
-          << "#     wai " << (urgency_waiting ()     * urgencyWaitingCoefficient)
-          << "#     blk " << (urgency_blocked ()     * urgencyBlockedCoefficient)
-          << "#     ann " << (urgency_annotations () * urgencyAnnotationsCoefficient)
-          << "#     tag " << (urgency_tags ()        * urgencyTagsCoefficient)
-          << "#     nex " << (urgency_next ()        * urgencyNextCoefficient)
-          << "#     due " << (urgency_due ()         * urgencyDueCoefficient)
-          << "#     bkg " << (urgency_blocking ()    * urgencyBlockingCoefficient)
-          << "#     age " << (urgency_age ()         * urgencyAgeCoefficient);
+  std::cout << "# Urgency for " << get ("uuid") << ":\n"
+          << "#     pri " << (urgency_priority ()    * urgencyPriorityCoefficient)    << "\n"
+          << "#     pro " << (urgency_project ()     * urgencyProjectCoefficient)     << "\n"
+          << "#     act " << (urgency_active ()      * urgencyActiveCoefficient)      << "\n"
+          << "#     sch " << (urgency_scheduled ()   * urgencyScheduledCoefficient)   << "\n"
+          << "#     wai " << (urgency_waiting ()     * urgencyWaitingCoefficient)     << "\n"
+          << "#     blk " << (urgency_blocked ()     * urgencyBlockedCoefficient)     << "\n"
+          << "#     ann " << (urgency_annotations () * urgencyAnnotationsCoefficient) << "\n"
+          << "#     tag " << (urgency_tags ()        * urgencyTagsCoefficient)        << "\n"
+          << "#     nex " << (urgency_next ()        * urgencyNextCoefficient)        << "\n"
+          << "#     due " << (urgency_due ()         * urgencyDueCoefficient)         << "\n"
+          << "#     bkg " << (urgency_blocking ()    * urgencyBlockingCoefficient)    << "\n"
+          << "#     age " << (urgency_age ()         * urgencyAgeCoefficient)         << "\n";
 */
 
   // Tag- and project-specific coefficients.
@@ -1498,7 +1561,7 @@ float Task::urgency_due () const
     Date due (get_date ("due"));
     int days_overdue = (now - due) / 86400;
 
-         if (days_overdue >=  7)  return 1.0;
+         if (days_overdue >=  7)  return 1.0;  // 7 days ago
     else if (days_overdue >=  6)  return 0.96;
     else if (days_overdue >=  5)  return 0.92;
     else if (days_overdue >=  4)  return 0.88;
@@ -1519,7 +1582,7 @@ float Task::urgency_due () const
     else if (days_overdue >= -11) return 0.28;
     else if (days_overdue >= -12) return 0.24;
     else if (days_overdue >= -13) return 0.20;
-    else                          return 0.16;
+    else                          return 0.16; // two weeks from now
   }
 
   return 0.0;
diff --git a/src/Task.h b/src/Task.h
index d496a8284..49200c87b 100644
--- a/src/Task.h
+++ b/src/Task.h
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public:
   void set (const std::string&, int);
   void remove (const std::string&);
 
+  bool is_due () const;
+  bool is_duetoday () const;
+  bool is_overdue () const;
+
   status getStatus () const;
   void setStatus (status);