https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4030 Whether laundry operations like ironing, washing, darning and dyeing attract service tax turns on classification as a service and exclusion from the negative list or exemptions. A Board circular treats dry cleaning (solvent based cleaning with tagging, pre treatment and machine solvent washes) as taxable while wet cleaning, dyeing and darning are not taxable provided the bill clearly records those processes. Under the Finance Act 2012 negative list approach, activities not excluded are prima facie taxable, subject to threshold and exemption rules. en-us Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:56:28 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4030 Whether laundry operations like ironing, washing, darning and dyeing attract service tax turns on classification as a service and exclusion from the negative list or exemptions. A Board circular treats dry cleaning (solvent based cleaning with tagging, pre treatment and machine solvent washes) as taxable while wet cleaning, dyeing and darning are not taxable provided the bill clearly records those processes. Under the Finance Act 2012 negative list approach, activities not excluded are prima facie taxable, subject to threshold and exemption rules. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:56:28 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4030