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.Assets are recorded on the balance sheet at cost, meaning that all costs to purchase the asset and to prepare the asset for operation should be included. What is the journal entry to record an asset purchase that includes both land and equipment? The document provides accounting transactions to practice double entry bookkeeping. The accountant first must update the depreciation account for the asset to make it current to the date of sale.