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 16 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: Goes up when a home is worth more, Paid to park in a city parking garage, Paid by a farmer on the land he owns, Paid each month for trash pickup, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket, Paid on school supplies bought at a store
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid each year by a family that owns a house, Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt, Based on how much a home and its land are worth, Paid to join a city soccer league, Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park, Paid each time someone buys a new bike
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Collected by the store and sent to the government, Paid to swim at the city pool, Paid by a store owner on the building she owns, Added to the price of a new TV, Paid to get a license for a pet dog, Paid by the owner of an apartment building
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Goes up when a home is worth more — Property tax 2. Paid by a farmer on the land he owns — Property tax 3. Paid by shoppers on a new jacket — Sales tax 4. Paid each month for trash pickup — Fee 5. Paid on school supplies bought at a store — Sales tax 6. Paid to park in a city parking garage — Fee
2.1. Based on how much a home and its land are worth — Property tax 2. Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt — Sales 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 join a city soccer league — Fee 6. Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park — Fee
3.1. Added to the price of a new TV — Sales tax 2. Collected by the store and sent to the government — Sales tax 3. Paid by a store owner on the building she owns — Property tax 4. Paid by the owner of an apartment building — Property tax 5. Paid to get a license for a pet dog — Fee 6. Paid to swim at the city pool — Fee
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.