An asset sale occurs when a bank or other type of firm sells its receivables to another party. B. The sale of intangible assets used in a trade or business are apportioned to New York based on the partnership's apportionment fraction.The sale of a trade or business for a lump sum is considered a sale of each individual asset rather than of a single asset. An asset sale is the purchase of individual assets and liabilities, whereas a stock sale is the purchase of the owner's shares of a corporation. In an asset sale, your corporation or LLC sells its assets to the buyer and you continue to own the corporate stock or LLC membership interests. The target corporation reports (and flows through to the selling shareholders) the gain on the deemed asset sale. An asset sale involves the purchase of individual assets and liabilities. In an asset sale, the new owner purchases the business's physical assets. The seller retains all rights to the legal entity.