Journal Entries Hacks . Two Methods to NEVER forget Debits and Credits.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. Capital asset system is in operation, the government needs to make sure that assets which should be capitalized are properly recorded. If you bought a capitalizable asset on credit, then an asset account would be debited instead. In this transaction, we need to focus on two accounts. One is purchase account (noninal account) and the other is accoubts paybale account. A purchase credit journal entry is recorded in the company's purchase journal when buying goods or services on credit from a third party.