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 5 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 join a city soccer league, Paid on school supplies bought at a store, Goes up when a home is worth more, Paid by a farmer on the land he owns, Paid to get a license for a pet dog, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park, Added to the price of a new TV, Based on how much a home and its land are worth, Paid each time someone buys a new bike, Paid to replace a lost library card, Paid by a store owner on the building she owns
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid to the city for the water a home uses, Paid to swim at the city pool, Paid by a company on its factory building, Paid by the owner of an apartment building, Collected by the store and sent to the government, Added to the price of a toy at the store
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 5. 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 on school supplies bought at a store — Sales tax 5. Paid to get a license for a pet dog — Fee 6. Paid to join a city soccer league — Fee
2.1. Added to the price of a new TV — Sales tax 2. Based on how much a home and its land are worth — Property 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 toy at the store — Sales tax 2. Collected by the store and sent to the government — Sales tax 3. Paid by a company on its factory building — Property tax 4. Paid by the owner of an apartment building — Property tax 5. Paid to swim at the city pool — 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.