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Making Trade-Offs in Community Spending Decisions

Taxes and Public Spending

5th Grade·Social Studies·US-UT-SS

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Analyze how limited tax funds require communities to make opportunity cost choices between competing public projects.

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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.