Form: S-8

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

May 11, 1994

EXHIBIT 23(A)

Published on May 11, 1994



Exhibit 23(a)



CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Deluxe Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Deluxe Corporation on Form S-8 of our reports dated
February 10, 1994, appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Deluxe Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1993.



/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE
DELOITTE & TOUCHE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 10, 1994