Right now there are certainly those asking if Stokes is losing a golden touch that has kept 'the man from nowhere' in business for more than half a century.

Internet radio service Pandora joins Facebook, Twitter and BuzzFeed in seeking exemption from filing accounts that would reveal its local earnings and tax.

US oil major Chevron has decisively taken the long-awaited step to exit Caltex Australia, selling its 50 per cent stake for $4.62 billion in the country's biggest ever block trade.

Taxi booking app GoCatch has escalated the taxi wars by making a formal complaint to the tax office that uberX is evading tax by not charging GST.

Google has said it would pay its new Chief Financial Officer, Ruth Porat, more than $70 million through a combination of restricted stock units and a biennial grant.

Pressure is mounting on the government to change the rules that allow wealthy people with millions of dollars in superannuation savings to access their money in tax-free lump sums.