In an asset sale, the seller retains possession of the legal entity and the buyer purchases individual assets of the company, such as equipment, fixtures, leaseholds, licenses, goodwill, trade secrets, trade names, telephone numbers, and inventory.
A held for sale asset is shown on the Statement of Financial Position as a current asset. When the asset is reclassified, depreciation or amortization ceases because it is no longer being held as a productive asset with future benefit beyond its recoverable amount.
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.
Asset Retirement with transaction code ABAVN To retire an asset go to Navigation: SAP Easy Access -> SAP Menu -> Accounting -> Financial accounting -> Fixed Asset -> Posting -> Retirement -> Asset Retirement by Scrapping. Alternatively: Transaction code ABAVN.
When we scrap an asset, there is no revenue associated with a retirement. To retire an asset by scrapping, we'll enter transaction code ABAVN.
In ECC system the Transaction code AS91 is used to create asset master and also post asset values in asset accounting through 'Takeover values'.
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.