Form: S-8

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

March 31, 1998

Published on March 31, 1998



Exhibit 23(a)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the Incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Deluxe Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 1998 appearing in
and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Deluxe
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.





/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 31, 1998