This paper offers a concise overview of evidence from the Isee 2004 Report, which has just been published by the Cabinet and the Employment Department thus providing an updated framework of the provisional data for 2004. A critical evaluation of the Isee can now be given after the first three years in activity as the sole tool wanted by the legislator for the selectivity in social policies. Various problems are here discussed, from the role of immovable and moveable assets to the difficulty in guaranteeing horizontal equity with the Isee given widespread hidden incomes. Particular attention is placed on the matter of the singular criterion for the different services, distinguishing it from the problem of the single information system, a resource to be reinforced and valorised.only subscribers can see the full article