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 7 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 the city for the water a home uses, Collected by the store and sent to the government, Based on how much a home and its land are worth, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket, Goes up when a home is worth more, Paid to get a license for a pet dog
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid by a farmer on the land he owns, Added to the price of a new TV, Paid to join a city soccer league, Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns, Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park, Added at the register when you buy shoes
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid each year by a family that owns a house, Paid on school supplies bought at a store, Paid to swim at the city pool, Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt, Paid by a company on its factory building, Paid to replace a lost library card
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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. Goes up when a home is worth more — Property tax 4. Paid by shoppers on a new jacket — Sales tax 5. Paid to get a license for a pet dog — Fee 6. Paid to the city for the water a home uses — Fee
2.1. Added at the register when you buy shoes — Sales tax 2. Added to the price of a new TV — Sales tax 3. Paid by a farmer on the land he owns — Property tax 4. Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns — 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. Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt — Sales tax 2. Paid by a company on its factory building — Property tax 3. Paid each year by a family that owns a house — Property tax 4. Paid on school supplies bought at a store — Sales tax 5. Paid to replace a lost library card — 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.