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 9 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: Based on how much a home and its land are worth, Paid to replace a lost library card, Added to the price of a toy at the store, Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt, Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park, Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns
Property taxSales taxFee
2.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid each time someone buys a new bike, Goes up when a home is worth more, Paid by a company on its factory building, Paid each month for trash pickup, Paid to get a license for a pet dog, Paid by shoppers on a new jacket
Property taxSales taxFee
3.Sort each one: Property tax or Sales tax or Fee?
Sort: Paid to swim at the city pool, Paid each year by a family that owns a house, Paid by the owner of an apartment building, Added at the register when you buy shoes, Collected by the store and sent to the government, Paid to join a city soccer league
Property taxSales taxFee
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Property Tax, Sales Tax or Fee?
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Added to the price of a toy at the store — Sales tax 2. Based on how much a home and its land are worth — Property tax 3. Listed as TAX at the bottom of a store receipt — Sales tax 4. Paid each year on an empty lot someone owns — Property tax 5. Paid to rent a picnic shelter in a city park — Fee 6. Paid to replace a lost library card — Fee
2.1. Goes up when a home is worth more — Property 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 time someone buys a new bike — Sales tax 6. Paid to get a license for a pet dog — Fee
3.1. Added at the register when you buy shoes — Sales tax 2. Collected by the store and sent to the government — Sales tax 3. Paid by the owner of an apartment building — Property 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 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.