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 2 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 park in a city parking garage, Paid to the city for the water a home uses, Added to the price of a toy at the store, Paid each year by a family that owns a house, Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt, Paid by a farmer on the land he owns
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid to replace a lost library card, Paid by a store owner on the building she owns, Collected by the store and sent to the government, Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park, Paid each time someone buys a new bike, Based on how much a home and its land are worth
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid by a company on its factory building, Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns, Paid each month for trash pickup, Added to the price of a new TV, Paid to swim at the city pool, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Added to the price of a toy at the store — Sales tax 2. Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt — Sales tax 3. Paid by a farmer on the land he owns — Property tax 4. Paid each year by a family that owns a house — Property tax 5. Paid to park in a city parking garage — Fee 6. Paid to the city for the water a home uses — Fee
2.1. Based on how much a home and its land are worth — Property 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 each time someone buys a new bike — Sales tax 5. Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park — Fee 6. Paid to replace a lost library card — Fee
3.1. Added to the price of a new TV — Sales tax 2. Paid by a company on its factory building — Property tax 3. Paid by shoppers on a new jacket — Sales tax 4. Paid each month for trash pickup — Fee 5. Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns — Property tax 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.