1. Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property in the usual and regular course of business. 2. In an asset sale, only the assets of the business are sold, not the business entity itself.Both the seller and purchaser of a group of assets that makes up a trade or business must use Form 8594 to report such a sale. An asset purchase occurs when the buyer purchases all or some of the assets of a business. In an asset sale, a firm sells some or all of its actual assets, either tangible or intangible. In an asset sale, the new owner purchases the business's physical assets. The seller retains all rights to the legal entity. "Supplier" means any person who rents, leases, licenses, or makes sales of tangible personal property within the City. When companies let go of some assets in exchange for needed cash or other forms of compensation, that is the sale of assets.