In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the intricacies of booking fixed asset journal entries, with a specific focus on disposal transactions. Learn the foundations of fixed asset accounting, including definitions, formulas, and applications.This post considers an example of a vehicle purchase, to show how to record the entries and the impact on the financial statements. When you first purchase new equipment, you need to debit the specific equipment (ie, asset) account. And, credit the account you pay for the asset from. The purpose of this section is to define procedures and organizational responsibilities for establishing total fixed asset acquisition costs. In order to calculate depreciation through the double declining method, you need to take into account the purchase value of the asset. Accountants use special forms called journals to keep track of their business transactions. In today's video we're going to jump into qbo and show you the proper way to set up your assets.