The election provides for no GST (or HST in the HST provinces) to be payable in respect of the purchase and sale of the assets and reduces the cash. A taxable asset purchase allows the buyer to "step up," or increase, the tax basis of the acquired assets to reflect the purchase price.A somewhat basic level high level presentation on the nuts and bolts of asset purchase sale transactions. Both the seller and purchaser of a group of assets that makes up a trade or business must use Form 8594 to report such a sale. In an asset purchase, the purchaser only acquires the assets and liabilities it identifies and agrees to acquire and assume from the seller. An expensed asset is an asset for which the entire cost is deducted from income in the year of purchase.