Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on telling property tax, sales tax and user fees apart, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.12.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
D2.Eco.12.3-5
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Sort each payment into the kind it is.
1.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid to replace a lost library card, Added to the price of a new TV, Paid by a farmer on the land he owns, Paid each year by a family that owns a house, Paid each time someone buys a new bike, Paid to swim at the city pool
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Goes up when a home is worth more, Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt, Paid to park in a city parking garage, Paid by the owner of an apartment building, Paid to join a city soccer league, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid by a store owner on the building she owns, Added at the register when you buy shoes, Paid to the city for the water a home uses, Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns, Paid to get a license for a pet dog, Added to the price of a toy at the store
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Added to the price of a new TV — Sales tax 2. Paid by a farmer on the land he owns — Property tax 3. Paid each time someone buys a new bike — Sales tax 4. Paid each year by a family that owns a house — Property tax 5. Paid to replace a lost library card — Fee 6. Paid to swim at the city pool — Fee
2.1. Goes up when a home is worth more — Property tax 2. Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt — Sales tax 3. Paid by shoppers on a new jacket — Sales tax 4. Paid by the owner of an apartment building — Property tax 5. Paid to join a city soccer league — Fee 6. Paid to park in a city parking garage — Fee
3.1. Added at the register when you buy shoes — Sales tax 2. Added to the price of a toy at the store — Sales tax 3. Paid by a store owner on the building she owns — Property tax 4. Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns — Property tax 5. Paid to get a license for a pet dog — Fee 6. Paid to the city for the water a home uses — Fee
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.