Asset retirement not possible with debit or automatic posting

What causes this issue?

You have tried to enter an asset retirement using a debit posting line
or using an automatically created posting line. This is not possible.
You can only enter an asset retirement as a credit-revenue
posting.

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 field selection control of the current account, and (if
needed) suppress the field for entry for the asset retirement.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.