非常谢谢，
我已经天天给这玩意儿烦死了，
对算账最没有sense, 也不放心找会计，
不知道会不会负责做。

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if the tax preparer sign your returns,he/she bears responsibility.

以下是引用untamedheart在2007-3-28 11:20:00的发言：

恩， 谢谢杉杉， 我就是觉得这东西怎么做都不会错， 只是说退多退少， 怎么说都能说， 所以他要是认真负责的作可以做得很好，马马虎虎的只为攥钱， 1是我也不一定知道， 2是我也没办法， 不可逆转。

the amount on my 1042S is less than 5000, actually added with AZ W2 is still less than 5000. but the income during OPT period in CA would be more than 5000. So I am confused about how to use the 5000 treaty on the state tax.

俺知道俺很笨， 真的是对算账一窍不通阿。  

frankly, this is the first time I see this kind of situation.

If I were you, I would do the following:

the gross income= W2s

the line for other income = negative ( 5000-amount on 1042s) and attach 8833 to explain that you are eligible for a total of 5000 treaty benefits. The amount at " other income" is the difference between the total (5000) and the amount that has been deducted from you income ( 1042S).

just my two cents.