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.When filling in a journal, there are some rules you need to follow to improve journal entry organization. Formatting When Recording Journal Entries. When recording an asset, the total cost of acquiring the asset is included in the cost of the asset. In this section we will examine the purchasing process which will cover purchasing items, but also making payments to suppliers. I'm trying to clean up my books and properly remove some fixed assets that were purchased in years past and sold or disposed of last year.