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First, be sure to indicate that she lived with you all of 2016 (which is okay for newborns).

Second, the $4,050 personal exemption you get for her is not a tax credit or a refund   Rather, it is a deduction (subtraction) from your income, before the tax is calculated. So you don't pay taxes on $4,050 of income.

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