Retirement of old assets data not possible (No existing old assets data)

What causes this issue?

You have tried to post an retirement based on amount, using a
transaction type which refers to old assets data (acquisitions from
previous years).
However, the sum of the APC at the start of the fiscal year and the
transactions, related to the past, equals 0.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Check the transaction type entered and the asset.

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