You should expense the equipment out as an asset and the other side of the JE will be the liability account (creating the beginig balance). In this video, I show you how to record an asset you purchased with a loan in QuickBooks Online.The purpose of 830 CMR 63.31. 1 is to explain the add back of related member interest or intangible expense, as provided in MGL c. Consider all costs at time of acquisition or construction. Initially you would debit an equipment account and credit an accounts payable account with the cost of your purchase. The tradein value will not be part of the final journal entry but needs to be entered as a credit to balance the entry based on the limited info you provided. To record a sale which results in a loss.