You are jumping to a conclusion unjustified by reality or tax law in your jurisdiction, even forgetting about accounting standards. Imagine this was an arm’s-length transaction. From a legal perspective, the LLC would have no idea how the member accounted for the asset while it was owned privately (or by the proprietorship—same thing). The member may have used straight-line depreciation, declining balance, or taken advantage of accelerated depreciation provisions that included depreciation recovery requirements for premature disposals. (I’m trying to keep this generic, rather than specific to your country.) Whatever the member’s accounting was, the LLC has acquired an asset with value.
That asset value may be more or less than the member’s adjusted tax basis (book value). What could the LLC have purchased the asset for on the open market? Maybe the same as the member’s ending book value, but probably not. Generally in such situations, independent appraisals are required to establish that value.
Absolutely not, because if the asset truly had no value (corresponding to a fully depreciated asset with no scrap value), the LLC would not be accepting it. Therefore, the acquisition could be considered a gift, which for a business constitutes income, unless it is offset by capital account credit. Are you prepared to pay tax on that income? That is just one reason that, as @eko wrote, many businesses refuse the transfer of such assets. Rather than owe an owner for the asset via a capital account, they would prefer a straightforward purchase.
That’s for very good reasons. First, depreciation must be entered through the Depreciation Entries tab, because that is how you access the portions of program code that track book value, etc. Second, the accounting would be incorrect, because the depreciation was not accrued by the LLC, but by the former owner of the asset.
I cannot escape the suspicion that you are fixated on the erroneous belief you mentioned in post #6 that your goal is to ensure no gain or loss for the member upon transfer of the asset to the LLC. Perhaps you are actually the member? How sweet it would be to be able to transfer assets with no tax consequences. But that isn’t possible. Sadly, actions taken without full understanding of financial and tax consequences frequently have adverse outcomes.
For purposes of the LLC, you need to forget the notion that this asset is partially depreciated. It is not. The LLC acquired it at some value, determined in accordance with local tax law and accounting standards. In this case, the acquisition was a capital contribution. It could just as easily have been a purchase invoice from the member. From here on, depreciation entries are no different from any other fixed asset the LLC acquires during its ongoing operations.
But this discussion has wandered far from questions about how to enter fixed assets in Manager. Suffice it to say, you are off track on this, as you’ve heard from two moderators and a proficient Manager user in three very different parts of the world. As I already told you, you need competent local tax advice. Then, we an help you if you don’t understand how to implement the advice.