Sell or dispose
An "Active" or "Fully Depreciated" asset leaves the books through either a sale or a . A sale enters the sales workflow; a disposal writes off the asset directly.
Both paths use the asset's : acquisition cost minus accumulated .
Sell it
The Sell action creates a draft with one "Fixed Asset" line. The line references the asset and uses its net book value as the price. The order then follows the standard shipment, invoice, and collection workflow.
Selling an asset hands it to quote-to-cash at book value.
The Sell action uses the standard sales-order workflow at net book value. The fixed-asset line retains the link to the asset being sold.
Dispose it
Use Dispose to retire an asset without a sale. Carbon clears accumulated depreciation, removes the full acquisition cost from the asset account, records the remaining net book value as a loss, and moves the asset to "Disposed".
Disposing scraps the asset and books its remaining value as a loss.
The disposal entry debits accumulated depreciation, debits the write-off account for the remaining book value, and credits the asset account for its acquisition cost. This path records no proceeds.
They're separate exits, not two names for one thing.
Selling creates a sales order and defers accounting to the invoice. Disposing posts the write-off immediately and marks the asset "Disposed". Use a sale when proceeds are expected and a disposal when retiring the asset without proceeds.
The fixed-asset lifecycle consists of registration or purchase receipt, periodic depreciation, and either sale through quote-to-cash or disposal through a write-off.