Form: S-8

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

December 14, 1998

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Published on December 14, 1998



CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the registration of shares under the Intuit Inc. 1998
Option Plan for Mergers and Acquisitions and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated August 19, 1998, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Intuit Inc. included in its Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended July 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Palo Alto, California
December 11, 1998