The prepayment must be for the purchase of feed, not just a deposit. The prepayment must be for a business purpose, not just to reduce tax liability. The deduction resulting from the prepayment must not materially distort income. Rent or lease payments for equipment and buildings are deductible farm expenses.
Work in process, work in progress, (WIP) goods in process, or in-process inventory are a company's partially finished goods waiting for completion and eventual sale or the value of these items. These items are either just being fabricated or waiting for further processing in a queue or a buffer storage.
The contract time for most construction projects can be determined by developing a progress schedule. A progress schedule shows the production durations associated with the chosen production rates for the items of work.