diff --git a/erpnext/controllers/taxes_and_totals.py b/erpnext/controllers/taxes_and_totals.py
index 8c403aa9bf..5815cfa7ac 100644
--- a/erpnext/controllers/taxes_and_totals.py
+++ b/erpnext/controllers/taxes_and_totals.py
@@ -24,11 +24,19 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 	def __init__(self, doc: Document):
 		self.doc = doc
 		frappe.flags.round_off_applicable_accounts = []
+
+		self._items = self.filter_rows() if self.doc.doctype == "Quotation" else self.doc.get("items")
+
 		get_round_off_applicable_accounts(self.doc.company, frappe.flags.round_off_applicable_accounts)
 		self.calculate()
 
+	def filter_rows(self):
+		"""Exclude rows, that do not fulfill the filter criteria, from totals computation."""
+		items = list(filter(lambda item: not item.get("is_alternative_item"), self.doc.get("items")))
+		return items
+
 	def calculate(self):
-		if not len(self.doc.get("items")):
+		if not len(self._items):
 			return
 
 		self.discount_amount_applied = False
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 		if hasattr(self.doc, "tax_withholding_net_total"):
 			sum_net_amount = 0
 			sum_base_net_amount = 0
-			for item in self.doc.get("items"):
+			for item in self._items:
 				if hasattr(item, "apply_tds") and item.apply_tds:
 					sum_net_amount += item.net_amount
 					sum_base_net_amount += item.base_net_amount
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 			self.doc.base_tax_withholding_net_total = sum_base_net_amount
 
 	def validate_item_tax_template(self):
-		for item in self.doc.get("items"):
+		for item in self._items:
 			if item.item_code and item.get("item_tax_template"):
 				item_doc = frappe.get_cached_doc("Item", item.item_code)
 				args = {
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 			return
 
 		if not self.discount_amount_applied:
-			for item in self.doc.get("items"):
+			for item in self._items:
 				self.doc.round_floats_in(item)
 
 				if item.discount_percentage == 100:
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 		if not any(cint(tax.included_in_print_rate) for tax in self.doc.get("taxes")):
 			return
 
-		for item in self.doc.get("items"):
+		for item in self._items:
 			item_tax_map = self._load_item_tax_rate(item.item_tax_rate)
 			cumulated_tax_fraction = 0
 			total_inclusive_tax_amount_per_qty = 0
@@ -317,7 +325,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 			self.doc.total
 		) = self.doc.base_total = self.doc.net_total = self.doc.base_net_total = 0.0
 
-		for item in self.doc.get("items"):
+		for item in self._items:
 			self.doc.total += item.amount
 			self.doc.total_qty += item.qty
 			self.doc.base_total += item.base_amount
@@ -354,7 +362,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 			]
 		)
 
-		for n, item in enumerate(self.doc.get("items")):
+		for n, item in enumerate(self._items):
 			item_tax_map = self._load_item_tax_rate(item.item_tax_rate)
 			for i, tax in enumerate(self.doc.get("taxes")):
 				# tax_amount represents the amount of tax for the current step
@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 				# Adjust divisional loss to the last item
 				if tax.charge_type == "Actual":
 					actual_tax_dict[tax.idx] -= current_tax_amount
-					if n == len(self.doc.get("items")) - 1:
+					if n == len(self._items) - 1:
 						current_tax_amount += actual_tax_dict[tax.idx]
 
 				# accumulate tax amount into tax.tax_amount
@@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 					)
 
 				# set precision in the last item iteration
-				if n == len(self.doc.get("items")) - 1:
+				if n == len(self._items) - 1:
 					self.round_off_totals(tax)
 					self._set_in_company_currency(tax, ["tax_amount", "tax_amount_after_discount_amount"])
 
@@ -570,7 +578,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 	def calculate_total_net_weight(self):
 		if self.doc.meta.get_field("total_net_weight"):
 			self.doc.total_net_weight = 0.0
-			for d in self.doc.items:
+			for d in self._items:
 				if d.total_weight:
 					self.doc.total_net_weight += d.total_weight
 
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 
 			if total_for_discount_amount:
 				# calculate item amount after Discount Amount
-				for i, item in enumerate(self.doc.get("items")):
+				for i, item in enumerate(self._items):
 					distributed_amount = (
 						flt(self.doc.discount_amount) * item.net_amount / total_for_discount_amount
 					)
@@ -643,7 +651,7 @@ class calculate_taxes_and_totals(object):
 						self.doc.apply_discount_on == "Net Total"
 						or not taxes
 						or total_for_discount_amount == self.doc.net_total
-					) and i == len(self.doc.get("items")) - 1:
+					) and i == len(self._items) - 1:
 						discount_amount_loss = flt(
 							self.doc.net_total - net_total - self.doc.discount_amount, self.doc.precision("net_total")
 						)
diff --git a/erpnext/selling/doctype/quotation_item/quotation_item.json b/erpnext/selling/doctype/quotation_item/quotation_item.json
index ca7dfd2337..eaa4d1d747 100644
--- a/erpnext/selling/doctype/quotation_item/quotation_item.json
+++ b/erpnext/selling/doctype/quotation_item/quotation_item.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   "pricing_rules",
   "stock_uom_rate",
   "is_free_item",
+  "is_alternative_item",
   "section_break_43",
   "valuation_rate",
   "column_break_45",
@@ -643,12 +644,19 @@
    "no_copy": 1,
    "options": "currency",
    "read_only": 1
+  },
+  {
+   "default": "0",
+   "fieldname": "is_alternative_item",
+   "fieldtype": "Check",
+   "label": "Is Alternative Item",
+   "print_hide": 1
   }
  ],
  "idx": 1,
  "istable": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2022-12-25 02:49:53.926625",
+ "modified": "2023-01-24 08:48:06.290335",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Selling",
  "name": "Quotation Item",
@@ -656,5 +664,6 @@
  "permissions": [],
  "sort_field": "modified",
  "sort_order": "DESC",
+ "states": [],
  "track_changes": 1
 }
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