Non-equity partners will be forced to take on a proportionally higher degree of financial risk than their more senior colleagues as a result of the crackdown by the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on the taxation of limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

Changes to the way HMRC will determine the employee status of partners at LLPs from 6 April mean new and existing salaried or fixed-share partners will have to make capital contributions of at least 25% of their annual earnings to their firms.