Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

January 31, 2000

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Published on January 31, 2000




Exhibit 23(a)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 1999, September 24, 1999 as to Note 16
(which expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph
relating to the restatement described in Note 16), appearing in the annual
report on Form 10-K/A of Deluxe Corporation for the year ended December 31,
1998.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
January 26, 2000
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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