New transfer from fixed asset account to bank account, the amount is equal to your sale price. 2. Journalize entries for sale of assets.When we're talking about the gain or loss of the sale of an asset we need to be looking at net book value at the time of the sale. What are the correct journal entries for the sale of a business per the closing statement and associated closing entries for capital assets? A loss should be recognized for any subsequent writedown to fair value less cost to sell. This video explains how to calculate and account for a sale of an asset when there is a gain or loss. Journalize entries for discarding of plant assets. Full gain or loss is recognized in net income in the period of deconsolidation or derecognition. I'm going to show you how to record uh gain or loss on a fixed asset and what distinguishes a fixed asset from another type of asset.