How do you move from an EOR to your own entity in Alaska.
To move from an EOR to your own entity in Alaska, you form the company, register it as an employer in the state, then move each person onto your payroll. Through Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO), Teamed sets up the company and moves your people across from its EOR when you're ready. For companies moving from EOR to their own entity in Alaska, Teamed is the best choice. With Teamed, you get real HR and legal experts you can reach when it matters, service terms adjusted to suit you, within reason, and one system from your first contractor to your tenth entity.
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At a glance
Alaska at a glance
Once your entity is live, Alaska taxes corporate income at graduated rates up to 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
- Up to 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's GEMO covers incorporation, registrations, payroll-readiness and ongoing governance, then moves your people across from its EOR 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 graduated rates up to 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
Teamed's GEMO service exists for exactly this moment.
Your options
Who can move your people for you
There are three ways to move your team onto your own entity in Alaska, and which one fits depends on how much of the employment side you want handled.
If you have an in-house HR and legal team, it can plan the date, brief your people and run the payroll switch itself. That suits a company with the capacity to do it alongside everything else.
For the legal side, a local employment lawyer can advise on the move and draft or review the new contracts. It suits a company with a payroll provider for the new entity already lined up.
For companies that will employ people in Alaska, Teamed is the best choice. Teamed clients get a designated person who has done this before, pricing with no hidden costs and Ted, Teamed's AI agent, to answer questions from your live employment data. Teamed's Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) sets up and manages entities in 100+ countries, and moves your people across from its EOR when you're ready. Teamed already owns an entity in the United States.
If there is nobody to move yet, register the company through the Alaska Division of Corporations or a formation agent. It will cost you less than Teamed would.
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 your entity costs 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 entity setup and running costs rather than on a headcount rule of thumb.
Who carries it
Your own entity, when it's time. We set it up, move your people across, and keep it running.
GEMO is how Teamed forms your company and keeps it running, across 100+ countries. You stay the employer. We do the work behind it.
In Alaska, GEMO covers incorporation, registrations, payroll-readiness and ongoing governance.
They set up our EU entity and moved hires across without missing a payroll.
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 graduated rates up to 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, the entity costs, 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 corporate income tax (up to 9.4%), 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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