Behind the scenes
The compliance machinery you never have to build
There's no US-Ecuador tax treaty, so clean structure is everything. We run a defensible dual-entity setup and every obligation under Ecuador's Código Laboral, so your hire is fully compliant from day one.
IESS registration & 9.45%
Monthly USD payroll
Décimo tercero & cuarto
15% utilidades
Severance & Código Laboral
Transfer pricing · IRS & SRI
Dual-entity structure
Compliant
US
US LLC · Wilmington, DE
Holds contracts, revenue & banking
pays via intercompany agreement
EC
Ecuador Cía. Ltda. · Quito
Employer of record: pays your hire
One clean structure, defensible to both tax authorities, and you never touch any of it.