District of Columbia v. Terris

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

The Department of Finance and Revenue (the Department) disallowed a deduction on appellee’s 1984 tax return because appellee had moved out of the District of Columbia before the year-end accounting which determined his distributive share of his partnership’s loss. The Superior Court ordered that appellee be permitted to deduct his share of the loss in an amount proportionate to the time he resided in the District during 1984. Concluding as we do that appellee’s departure from the District of Columbia did not mark the end of an “accounting period” within the meaning of…