diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/tags.test.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/tags.test.ts
index e74e2535971..300f6a79c22 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/tags.test.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/tags.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import {
   createNewProjectDir,
   deleteProject,
   deleteProjectDir,
-  amplifyPushWithoutCodegen,
   getProjectMeta,
   getProjectTags,
   describeCloudFormationStack,
-  addDEVHosting,
 } from 'amplify-e2e-core';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import { Amplify } from 'aws-sdk';
 
 describe('generated tags test', () => {
   let projRoot: string;
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ describe('generated tags test', () => {
   });
 
   it('should compare the nested stack tags key with the tags.json file and return true', async () => {
-    const projName = 'tagsTest';
-    const envName = 'devtag';
-    await initJSProjectWithProfile(projRoot, { name: projName, envName });
-    await addDEVHosting(projRoot);
-    await amplifyPushWithoutCodegen(projRoot);
+    await initJSProjectWithProfile(projRoot, { disableAmplifyAppCreation: false });
 
     // This block of code gets the necessary info to compare the values of both the local tags from the JSON file and tags on the stack
     const amplifyMeta = getProjectMeta(projRoot);
@@ -35,10 +31,18 @@ describe('generated tags test', () => {
     const rootStackInfo = await describeCloudFormationStack(meta.StackName, meta.Region);
     const localTags = getProjectTags(projRoot);
 
-    // Currently only checks to make sure that thhe pushed tags have the same amount and name of keys than the ones added locally on the tags.json file
-    expect(checkEquality(localTags, rootStackInfo.Tags)).toBe(true);
-    expect(rootStackInfo.Tags.filter(r => r.Key === 'user:Stack')[0].Value).toEqual(envName);
-    expect(rootStackInfo.Tags.filter(r => r.Key === 'user:Application')[0].Value).toEqual(projName);
+    expect(checkEquality(localTags, rootStackInfo.Tags)).toBeTruthy();
+    const { AmplifyAppId, Region } = meta;
+    const amplify = new Amplify({ region: Region });
+    const amplifyApp = await amplify.getApp({ appId: AmplifyAppId }).promise();
+    const tagMap = amplifyApp.app.tags;
+    const amplifyTags = Object.keys(tagMap).map(key => {
+      return {
+        Key: key,
+        Value: tagMap[key],
+      };
+    });
+    expect(checkEquality(localTags, amplifyTags)).toBeTruthy();
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/amplify-service-manager.js b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/amplify-service-manager.js
index 92ca82e5d95..84a27a7c373 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/amplify-service-manager.js
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/amplify-service-manager.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ async function init(amplifyServiceParams) {
   let deploymentBucketName = `${stackName}-deployment`;
 
   const amplifyClient = await getConfiguredAmplifyClient(context, awsConfig);
+  logger('init.getConfiguredAmplifyClient', [!!amplifyClient])();
   if (!amplifyClient) {
     // This happens when the Amplify service is not available in the region
     return {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ async function init(amplifyServiceParams) {
   }
 
   const hasPermission = await checkAmplifyServiceIAMPermission(context, amplifyClient);
+  logger('init.checkAmplifyServiceIAMPermission', [hasPermission])();
   if (!hasPermission) {
     return {
       amplifyAppId,
@@ -115,13 +117,18 @@ async function init(amplifyServiceParams) {
   }
 
   if (!amplifyAppId) {
+    logger('in if', [amplifyAppId])();
+
     const createAppParams = {
       name: projectName,
+      tags: getTagMap(context),
       environmentVariables: { _LIVE_PACKAGE_UPDATES: '[{"pkg":"@aws-amplify/cli","type":"npm","version":"latest"}]' },
     };
+    logger('after create params', [amplifyAppId])();
     const log = logger('init.amplifyClient.createApp', [createAppParams]);
 
     try {
+      logger('amplifyAppCreationEnabled', [amplifyAppCreationEnabled()])();
       if (amplifyAppCreationEnabled()) {
         log();
         const createAppResponse = await amplifyClient.createApp(createAppParams).promise();
@@ -202,6 +209,14 @@ async function init(amplifyServiceParams) {
     deploymentBucketName,
   };
 }
+function getTagMap(context) {
+  const tags = context.amplify.getTags(context);
+  const tagMap = tags.reduce((obj, tag) => {
+    obj[tag.Key] = tag.Value;
+    return obj;
+  }, {});
+  return tagMap;
+}
 
 async function deleteEnv(context, envName, awsConfig) {
   if (stateManager.teamProviderInfoExists()) {
@@ -291,6 +306,7 @@ async function postPushCheck(context) {
       if (!amplifyAppId) {
         const createAppParams = {
           name: projectConfig.projectName,
+          tags: getTagMap(context),
           environmentVariables: { _LIVE_PACKAGE_UPDATES: '[{"pkg":"@aws-amplify/cli","type":"npm","version":"latest"}]' },
         };
         const log = logger('postPushCheck.amplifyClient.createApp', [createAppParams]);