How do you move froman EOR to your own entity in Alaska.
Teamed sets up your Alaska entity, migrates your team's employment records over, and hands you full control, with no gap in pay or benefits.
At a glance
Alaska at a glance
Once your entity is live, Alaska taxes corporate income at 9.4%, and registering the business with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing carries a $250 formation fee. Those two figures are the ones to plan your first-year budget around before you move a single employee off an EOR arrangement.
- Corporate income tax
- 9.4%
- Formation / registration fee
- $250
Why teams move
Why companies outgrow an EOR in Alaska
Most companies start with an EOR because it lets them hire in Alaska without waiting on a formation process or learning a new tax filing. That trade makes sense while the team is small or the plan for the state is still uncertain.
The calculation changes once the Alaska team grows, once you win contracts that require a local legal presence, or once the per-employee EOR fee starts costing more than running payroll through your own entity would. At that point, owning the entity stops being a nice-to-have and starts being the cheaper, more flexible option.
The process
What setting up your own entity in Alaska involves
Forming a company in Alaska means registering with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing and paying the $250 formation fee. From there you need a registered agent, an EIN, state and local tax registrations, and a payroll system that can run compliant Alaska payroll from day one.
Teamed handles this registration work directly, then migrates each employee's contract, benefits, and payroll history from the EOR arrangement into the new entity so nothing lapses mid-cycle. You keep the same people, same pay dates, and same terms, just under your own legal entity instead of Teamed's.
Tax once you own the entity
What tax looks like after the move
Once your Alaska entity is active, corporate income is taxed at 9.4% under Alaska Statutes AS 43.20.011. That is a different obligation than anything you saw under the EOR, where Teamed carried the employer-side compliance and tax filing on your behalf.
Budget for this rate as part of the same decision that weighs the formation fee, because together they set the real first-year cost of owning the entity instead of running your team through an EOR.
Your own entity
Your own entity, when it's time. We set it up, migrate you in, and hand it back intact.
Teamed's Global Entity and Employment Operations service, which we call GEMO, exists for exactly this moment. We register the Alaska entity, transfer your employees' records and benefits across without a gap, and hand you a fully operational, compliant company that you own outright.
Before you commit
Sometimes an employer of record is the better fit
An employer of record is sometimes the better answer, a fair alternative rather than a lesser one, especially for a small or still-changing Alaska headcount or when you are still testing whether the state is right for your business long term. Talk to a member of the team before you commit to entity setup, and if you want the numbers first, run the crossover calculator to see how salaries and your intended length of stay change the answer.
Contractors, employer of record and your own entity all run on one platform at Teamed, so moving between them later does not mean changing provider or re-onboarding anybody. Real HR and legal experts handle the work rather than a ticket queue.
Talk to a member of the team and we will tell you plainly which one suits where you are. If you would rather look at the numbers yourself first, the crossover calculator models it on local salaries and employer costs rather than on a headcount rule of thumb.
Who carries it
Your own entity, when it's time. We set it up, migrate you in, and hand it back intact.
Global Entity and Employment Operations, which we call GEMO, is how Teamed forms your company, registers it for tax and payroll, runs it month to month and keeps its filings current, across 100+ countries. You stay the employer. We do the work behind it.
In Alaska specifically, that means we absorb the registration steps, the $250 formation fee, and the shift into 9.4% corporate income tax reporting, so your team experiences no disruption while the legal ground underneath them changes. We support this same handover across 100+ countries, so if Alaska is one state in a wider footprint, the process stays consistent everywhere else.
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to register a company in Alaska?
The Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing charges a $250 formation fee to register a new business entity. That fee covers the registration itself, not ongoing compliance costs like registered agent service or tax filing.
What tax rate will my Alaska entity pay?
Alaska taxes corporate income at 9.4% under Alaska Statutes AS 43.20.011. This applies once your entity is formed and operating, replacing the arrangement where an EOR handled employer-side tax obligations on your behalf.
How long does the move from EOR to my own Alaska entity take?
Timelines depend on how many employees you're migrating and how quickly state registration steps clear, so we don't quote a fixed figure. Teamed plans the migration so payroll and benefits continue without a gap, whatever the timeline turns out to be.
Do I need a registered agent for an Alaska entity?
Yes, forming a company in Alaska requires a registered agent as part of the registration process with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Teamed can arrange this as part of the entity setup.
Should I move off an EOR now or wait?
It depends on your headcount, salaries, and how long you plan to stay in Alaska, not on a fixed employee number. Talk to a member of the team or run the crossover calculator to see where the EOR fee and the entity's ongoing costs, including the 9.4% corporate income tax, actually cross over.
Where these figures come from
Sources
Figures on this page come from Alaska Statutes AS 43.20.011 and the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
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