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Deluxe Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 5/3/18, at 12:43pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/18   ·   Accession #:  27996-18-66   ·   File #:  1-07945

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 5/03/18  Deluxe Corp                       10-Q        3/31/18   72:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Deluxe Corporation 10-Q 03-31-2018                  HTML   1.23M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     98K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     33K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     71K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity      HTML     63K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    105K 
17: R7          Consolidated financial statements                   HTML     26K 
18: R8          New accounting pronouncements                       HTML    152K 
19: R9          Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML    276K 
20: R10         Earnings per share                                  HTML     53K 
21: R11         Other comprehensive income                          HTML     66K 
22: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     46K 
23: R13         Fair value measurements                             HTML    119K 
24: R14         Restructuring charges                               HTML    137K 
25: R15         Income tax provision                                HTML     38K 
26: R16         Postretirement benefits                             HTML     36K 
27: R17         Debt                                                HTML     71K 
28: R18         Other commitments and contingencies                 HTML     33K 
29: R19         Shareholders' equity                                HTML     23K 
30: R20         Business segment information                        HTML    173K 
31: R21         New accounting pronouncements (Policies)            HTML    169K 
32: R22         Fair value measurements (Policies)                  HTML     22K 
33: R23         New accounting pronouncements (Tables)              HTML    127K 
34: R24         Supplemental balance sheet information (Tables)     HTML    295K 
35: R25         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
36: R26         Other comprehensive income (Tables)                 HTML     67K 
37: R27         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     36K 
38: R28         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML    114K 
39: R29         Restructuring charges (Tables)                      HTML    139K 
40: R30         Income tax provision (Tables)                       HTML     37K 
41: R31         Postretirement benefits (Tables)                    HTML     34K 
42: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     66K 
43: R33         Business segment information (Tables)               HTML    166K 
44: R34         New accounting pronouncements (ASU No. 2014-09)     HTML    100K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         New accounting pronouncements (ASU No. 2014-09      HTML     97K 
                impact of adoption) (Details)                                    
46: R36         New accounting pronouncements (Impact of Other      HTML     58K 
                Adoptions) (Details)                                             
47: R37         Supplemental balance sheet information (Allowances  HTML     45K 
                for Uncollectible Accounts, Inventories and                      
                Supplies) (Details)                                              
48: R38         Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML     65K 
                (Available-For-Sale Debt Securities) (Details)                   
49: R39         Supplemental balance sheet information (Assets      HTML     59K 
                Held for Sale) (Details)                                         
50: R40         Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML     94K 
                (Intangibles) (Details)                                          
51: R41         Supplemental balance sheet information (Goodwill)   HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Supplemental balance sheet information (Other)      HTML    100K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     56K 
54: R44         Other comprehensive income (Reclassification        HTML     35K 
                Adjustments) (Details)                                           
55: R45         Other comprehensive income (Accumulated Other       HTML     59K 
                Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                                    
56: R46         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     71K 
57: R47         Fair value measurements (Non-Recurring Fair Value   HTML     37K 
                Measurements) (Details)                                          
58: R48         Fair value measurements (Recurring Fair Value       HTML     39K 
                Measurements) (Details)                                          
59: R49         Fair value measurements (Financial Instruments)     HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Restructuring charges (Details)                     HTML     52K 
61: R51         Restructuring charges (Restructuring Accruals by    HTML     79K 
                Year and by Segment) (Details)                                   
62: R52         Income tax provision (Details)                      HTML     44K 
63: R53         Postretirement benefits (Details)                   HTML     32K 
64: R54         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     80K 
65: R55         Other commitments and contingencies (Details)       HTML     36K 
66: R56         Shareholders' equity (Details)                      HTML     30K 
67: R57         Business segment information (Disaggregated         HTML    106K 
                Revenue Information) (Details)                                   
68: R58         Business segment information (Details)              HTML     55K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    131K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- a201833110-q_htm                    XML   3.50M 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     87K 
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72: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000027996-18-000066-xbrl      Zip    283K 


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