§235-59 Decedents. In respect of a decedent, the determination of the income of the taxable period in which falls the date of the decedent's death, and the determination of the income of the estate and of the persons who acquire rights from the decedent or by reason of the decedent's death, shall be governed by the Internal Revenue Code. [L Sp 1957, c 1, pt of §2; Supp, §121-14; HRS §235-59; gen ch 1985]