VAT Control Accounts

[AirfilProPack]

I've inherited a seriously messed up version of Sage, and in the process of trying to bring it back to some order. This weeks task is to restructure the nominal codes and chart of accounts into some sort of sense. (Someone decided to number the nominal as 0001 0002 0003 with no grouping between assets / liabilities / expenses / purchases etc.) So far so good with the P&L codes, then I moved onto the Balance Sheet and 'found' the following with the VAT....

The default codes: 2200 Sales Tax, 2201 Purchase Tax, & 2202 VAT Liability codes all exist however 2200 & 2201 are 'Nominal codes' whilst 2202 is a 'Control Account'. Another code, 0069 Tax Control has been created as a 'Control Account' which in the Settings / Control Account section has been assigned as the Sales & Purchase Control Accounts.

From this I expected that all VAT transaction (purchase and sales) would default to 0069, and then move to 2202 once a Vat Return was completed and transferred. However I have a balance on 0069 and 2202 (as expected) but also 2201 from a JE made at last year end. How do I set 2200 and 2201 back as the defaults to easily show the difference between sales and purchase VAT? Is it as simple as Journaling the debit / credit balances from 0069 to clear the account and then change the codes back in the Settings / Control Account section and Chart of Accounts? Or do I have to tell Sage somewhere else to now use these codes for VAT postings?

[brucedenney]

Settings>Control Accounts.