How to record disposal of assets Calculate the asset's depreciation amount. The first step is to ensure you have the accurate value of the asset recorded at the time of its disposal. Record the sale amount of the asset. Credit the asset. Remove all instances of the asset from other books. Confirm the accuracy of your work.
Accounting will enter and maintain the fixed asset in SAP. Transaction code, AS03, is used to display an asset master record. You would perform this procedure to verify the location of an asset.
To create a new asset, navigate to Accounting → Financial Accounting → Fixed Assets → Asset → Create → Asset or use Transaction code AS01.
In this posting transaction, you have to enter the revenue posting (debit A/R, credit revenue from asset sale) first, and then enter the asset retirement. An indicator in the posting transaction specifies that the system posts the asset retirement with the revenue posting.
NAST is used for message status. it is a system table. it contains 82 fields.
SU3 is user specific, there you can set your user settings (address data, default data, parameters).
SAP Host Agent is an agent that can accomplish several life-cycle management tasks, such as operating system monitoring, database monitoring, system instance control and provisioning.
The profit or loss on sale or disposal of the asset is transferred to the Profit & Loss A/c. When the asset is sold during its useful life, the depreciation should be charged for the period the asset is used in the year of sale.
To acquire an asset go to navigation: SAP Easy Access -> SAP Menu -> Accounting -> Financial accounting -> Fixed Asset -> Posting -> Acquisition -> External Acquisition -> Acquis.