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 purchase of property, plant, or equipment results in a debit to the asset section of the balance sheet. A purchase credit journal entry is recorded in the company's purchase journal when buying goods or services on credit from a third party. In this video I'm going to talk about entries related to purchasing assets for your business. Assets purchased are not represented through Purchases but with the name of the Asset. Journal Entry: (When Assets are Purchased). Example:. 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.