the PAN card has become a millstone in the neck of honest tax payers, and the salaried class. Chidambaram, with his know-all attitude (he is clearly an idiot if he thinks he can get away with taxing at multiple points) thinks he is a great finance expert. one example. we pay service tax on a host of services with the money LEFT OUT AFTER WE HAVE PAID OUR INCOME TAX. is this not multiple taxation? how can you tax the already taxed income several times over. and what is happenening to the money that is collected. it is wasted in distribution of Colour TVs free, free lands, free tickets to MPs MLAs, free dinners, free lunches, and just squandering. why cant this "EXCELLENT" FINANCE minister chidambaram plug all this and bring a regime of strict financial controls while making honest tax payers happy???