Selling an old car...

John R. Sowden jsowden at americansentry.net
Mon Jun 26 14:26:03 EDT 2006


On Mon June 26 2006 00:04, Beth Leonard wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 01:20:51AM -0400, Lincoln A. Baxter wrote:
> > I intend to deposit the proceeds into my checking account.  The problem
> > is... where should I have accounted for the value (asset) of this old
> > car.
>
> Equity:Opening Balances
> Assets:Fixed Assets:Old Car
>
> Unless you want to back-track in the depreciation expenses of your
> old car, it's easiest to just use the actual value you sold it for.
>
> Now that you've sold it, the money goes into your checking account
> from your Assets:Old Car account, bringing the Old Car account back
> to $0.  In essence, the money your bank account just received is
> for an asset you held before you started, an opening balance asset.
>
> There's a bit on depreciation in the manual if you want to do
> it for your next car:
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/dep_example1.html
>
> I also like the cap gains example:
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/capgain_example1.html
>
> --Beth
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undepreciated value of car in depreciation schedule:  3,800.00 (including 
salvage value)

Sales Price: 4,200.00

DR Cash                                    4,200.00
CR Other Income                                              400.00 
CR Depreciation, Vehicle #3                           3,800.00

Remove Asset from Balance Sheet:
Debit Accumulated Depreciation    10,000.00
Credit Asset, Vehicle #3                               10,000.00

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John R. Sowden
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