CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Evergreen Cash Resource Trust

We consent to the use of our report dated  September 8, 2000 for  Evergreen  CRT
California  Tax-Exempt  Money Market Fund  (formerly,  Cash Resource  California
Tax-Exempt  Money Market Fund) Evergreen CRT Money Market Fund  (formerly,  Cash
Resource Money Market Fund) Evergreen CRT New York Tax-Exempt  Money Market Fund
(formerly,  Cash Resource New York  Tax-Exempt  Money Market Fund) Evergreen CRT
Tax-Exempt  Money Market Fund (formerly,  Cash Resource  Tax-Exempt Money Market
Fund) and Evergreen U.S.  Government Money Market Fund (formerly,  Cash Resource
U.S.  Government  Money  Market  Fund),   portfolios  of  Cash  Resource  Trust,
incorporated  herein by reference  and to the  references  to our firm under the
captions "FINANCIAL  HIGHLIGHTS" in the prospectus and "Independent Auditors" in
the Statement of Additional Information.


                                                        /s/  KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
November 28, 2000