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How Local Governments Provide Services

Taxes and Public Spending

5th Grade·Social Studies·US-UT-SS

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Connect specific tax revenues to the municipal services they support, such as snow removal, street lighting, and parks.

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Taxes and Public Spending

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Describe why governments collect taxes, how public budgets are formed, and how tax revenue funds essential community services.

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3.3.6Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe why governments collect taxes and how they decide how to use them.