The US is a large market for contract staffing, but working within federal and state requirements can be challenging if your firm is based outside the US. Expanding to the US on your own requires:

• A legal entity
• Physical address and bank account
• Federal and State Tax registrations everywhere you have contractors
• Legal compliance for Federal, State, and City Laws
• Payroll Funding and Compliance
• General liability, Professional Liability, Workers' Compensation Insurance and More

Ascen solves this by acting as the Employer of Record (EOR) for your employee contractors and the Agent of Record for your Independent Contractor/Corp-to-corp (C2C) assignments. Ascen works in all 50 states for employees and independent contractors (IC/C2C), ensuring that you can grow into the US, whether entering the country for the first time or expanding your US workforce. We handle compliant onboarding, payroll, invoicing, benefits, and insurance in an affordable, pay-as-you-go solution, allowing you to grow in the US effortlessly.

Benefits of working with Ascen:

• No entity required
• Ascen holds all required insurance
• Ascen works in all 50 states, DC, and Canada
• Optional Payroll funding built in
• White label pay and bill platform
• Migration to your own tax ID at scale within the same platform
• Work in higher-risk industries such as healthcare and light industrial

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