Accounting entry for fixed deposit

What should be the accounting entry at the time of placement and maturity of fixed deposit?

What is the initial entry that a fixed asset will be. I have entered the invoice of the fixed asset but have had to post it to a suspense account purely because our system doesn't allow you to post directly to a fixed asset account. I now need to journal out the suspense so there is a zero...

We purchased computer equipment on more than one lease in 2008. Do we have to enter each piece of equpment into fixed assets, or is it allowed to enter total for each lease?

My father made deposits in a private bank and made me as lone nominee to receive the amount. My father expired now. But bank fails to clear the amount even after maturity and require me to produce some doucments regarding legal heirs. Will it be correct.

If a company owns equipment and it is on the books as a fixed asset, then 'leases' it to a financial company for three years -- how do you record the entries? The financial company pays me $50,000 cash for the equipment. I lease / to own it back over the next three years. What would the JE be...