I thought about doing that as a last resort but I remembered there used to be a way to do that by simply entering the "sale date" as you suggested. The Intuit person wanted me to set it up as a new asset and write off the balance in the same year. She also wanted me to change the IRC code from the original. I didn't like that idea and so posted here. Your solution sounds like the way to accomplish it in the current software. Thanks for your help.