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# Create a fixed assets

> Create a fixed assets

### Request body

`CreateFixedAssetRequest`

<ParamField body="acquisition_cost" type="string" required>
  Decimal cost as a string.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="acquisition_date" type="string" required>
  ISO date (`YYYY-MM-DD`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="asset_number" type="string,null" />

<ParamField body="category" type="string" required>
  One of `land`, `building`, `machinery`, `equipment`, `vehicle`,
  `furniture_and_fixtures`, `computer_hardware`, `software`,
  `leasehold_improvement`, `other`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="declining_balance_rate" type="string,null">
  Declining-balance rate as a decimal string (required for `declining_balance`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="depreciation_method" type="string" required>
  One of `straight_line`, `declining_balance`, `units_of_production`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="description" type="string,null" />

<ParamField body="in_service_date" type="string,null">
  ISO date; when supplied the asset is created in service.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="location_id" type="string,null" />

<ParamField body="name" type="string" required />

<ParamField body="salvage_value" type="string,null">
  Decimal salvage value as a string (default `0`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="useful_life_months" type="integer (int32)" required />

### Responses

<ResponseField name="201" type="FixedAssetResponse" />

<ResponseField name="400" type="ErrorBody" />

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://api.stateset.com/api/v1/fixed-assets' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "acquisition_cost": "string",
    "acquisition_date": "string",
    "asset_number": null,
    "category": "string",
    "declining_balance_rate": null,
    "depreciation_method": "string",
    "description": null,
    "in_service_date": null,
    "location_id": null,
    "name": "string",
    "salvage_value": null,
    "useful_life_months": 1
  }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 201 theme={null}
  {
    "accumulated_depreciation": "string",
    "acquisition_cost": "string",
    "acquisition_date": "string",
    "asset_number": "string",
    "book_value": "string",
    "category": "string",
    "created_at": "string",
    "currency": "string",
    "disposal_gain_loss": null,
    "id": "string",
    "in_service_date": null,
    "name": "string",
    "salvage_value": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "useful_life_months": 1
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>