Topeka ? House Democrats today announced proposals that they said would help small businesses comply with the state’s change in collecting sales taxes.

House Minority Leader Dennis McKinney, a Democrat from Greensburg, said the measures, which will be introduced as bills in the next two weeks, will “rectify the problems that Kansans have faced while implementing the dramatic shift in sales tax collection.”

Last year, a law went into effect that required businesses to charge on delivered goods the sales tax rate at the point of delivery instead of the point of sale.

Many small and medium-sized businesses complained that the change was too complicated because Kansas has more than 700 tax jurisdictions.

State leaders instituted a moratorium on enforcement of the law.

Under the Democrats’ plan, the state would reduce the number of taxing jurisdictions, allow more small businesses to file quarterly sales tax reports, instead of monthly reports, and provide a one-time tax credit of up to $1,000 for costs incurred by small businesses to comply with the law.