diff --git a/backends/transforms/remove_permutes_around_elementwise_ops.py b/backends/transforms/remove_permutes_around_elementwise_ops.py
index 28b739c8d91..8a4170e207e 100644
--- a/backends/transforms/remove_permutes_around_elementwise_ops.py
+++ b/backends/transforms/remove_permutes_around_elementwise_ops.py
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ class Subgraph:
             default_factory=set
         )
 
+    # Ops explicitly listed as permutable. This includes non-pointwise ops
+    # that need special dimension-argument handling (cat, mean, sum, slice)
+    # and quantize/dequantize ops not tagged as pointwise in ATen.
+    # In addition to this set, any op tagged with torch.Tag.pointwise is
+    # automatically considered permutable (see is_node_permutable).
     permutable_ops: set[EdgeOpOverload] = {
-        exir_ops.edge.aten.add.Tensor,
-        exir_ops.edge.aten.mul.Tensor,
-        exir_ops.edge.aten.hardtanh.default,
-        exir_ops.edge.aten.clamp.default,
         exir_ops.edge.quantized_decomposed.quantize_per_tensor.default,
         exir_ops.edge.quantized_decomposed.dequantize_per_tensor.default,
-        # Ops that require special handling.
+        # Ops that require special handling of dimension arguments.
         exir_ops.edge.aten.cat.default,
         exir_ops.edge.aten.mean.dim,
         exir_ops.edge.aten.sum.dim_IntList,
@@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ def call(self, graph_module: torch.fx.GraphModule) -> PassResult:
             end_permute = [start_permute.index(i) for i in range(len(start_permute))]
 
             for user in node.users:
-                if user.target not in self.permutable_ops:
+                if user.target not in self.permutable_ops and not self._is_pointwise(
+                    user.target
+                ):
                     continue
                 # Create a separate subgraph for each user since there may be cases
                 # where only a portion of the users are permutable.
@@ -159,24 +162,34 @@ def _get_node_rank(self, node: torch.fx.Node) -> int | None:
             return len(val.shape)
         return None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_pointwise(target) -> bool:
+        """Check if a target op is tagged as pointwise in ATen."""
+        op = getattr(target, "_op", None)
+        if op is not None and hasattr(op, "tags"):
+            return torch.Tag.pointwise in op.tags
+        return False
+
     def is_node_permutable(self, node: torch.fx.Node) -> bool:
-        if node.target not in self.permutable_ops:
-            return False
-        if node.target in (
-            exir_ops.edge.aten.mean.dim,
-            exir_ops.edge.aten.sum.dim_IntList,
-        ):
-            # keepdim should be True.
-            if len(node.args) >= 3:
-                if not node.args[2]:
-                    return False
-            elif "keepdim" in node.kwargs:
-                if not node.kwargs["keepdim"]:
+        if node.target in self.permutable_ops:
+            # Special-case validation for dim-based ops.
+            if node.target in (
+                exir_ops.edge.aten.mean.dim,
+                exir_ops.edge.aten.sum.dim_IntList,
+            ):
+                # keepdim should be True.
+                if len(node.args) >= 3:
+                    if not node.args[2]:
+                        return False
+                elif "keepdim" in node.kwargs:
+                    if not node.kwargs["keepdim"]:
+                        return False
+                else:
+                    # Default keepdim is False.
                     return False
-            else:
-                # Default keepdim is False.
-                return False
-        return True
+            return True
+        # Accept any op tagged as pointwise in ATen (elementwise).
+        return self._is_pointwise(node.target)
 
     def permute_subgraph(self, subgraph: Subgraph) -> None:
         # Skip incoming permutes.