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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001217211-03-000059
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030604

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			H&R BLOCK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000012659
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
		IRS NUMBER:				440607856
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4400 MAIN ST
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8167536900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4410 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64111

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRIGON HENRY F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001205933

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06089
		FILM NUMBER:		03731792

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN., STE. 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5023292000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN., STE. 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222
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    <periodOfReport>2003-04-30</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000012659</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>H&amp;R BLOCK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HRB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001205933</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FRIGON HENRY F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeSecurity>
        <securityTitle>
            <value>Common Stock, without par value</value>
        </securityTitle>
        <transactionDate>
            <value>2002-05-31</value>
        </transactionDate>
        <transactionCoding>
            <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
            <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
            <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
        </transactionCoding>
        <transactionTimeliness>
            <value></value>
        </transactionTimeliness>
        <transactionAmounts>
            <transactionShares>
                <value>10389.2109</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionShares>
            <transactionValue>
                <value>40</value>
            </transactionValue>
            <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                <value>D</value>
            </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
        </transactionAmounts>
        <postTransactionAmounts>
            <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                <value>4313</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
        </postTransactionAmounts>
        <ownershipNature>
            <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <value>D</value>
            </directOrIndirectOwnership>
        </ownershipNature>
    </nonDerivativeSecurity>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Units transferred out of the H&amp;R Block Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors.  Each unit has the value of one share of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Units held under the H&amp;R Block Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.  Each unit has the value of one share of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person also holds 11,000 indirect shares, held by the Frigon Family Foundation, a charitable foundation for which he is a director.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michael K. Post per Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-06-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>LIMITED POWER OF
ATTORNEY <BR>
(SECTION 16 FILINGS) </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned, Henry F. Frigon, hereby constitutes and
appoints each of James H. Ingraham, Bret G. Wilson, Brian H. Schmidt, and Michael K. Post,
signing singly, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to prepare,
execute and acknowledge Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect
to the securities of H&amp;R Block, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
and deliver and file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time; it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#146;s discretion. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Power of Attorney supersedes and replaces all previously executed Powers of Attorney with
respect to the matters contained herein. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned&#146;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this
25th day of March, 2003. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>
<U>/s/ Henry F. Frigon</U></I>
<BR>
Henry F. Frigon</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>State of Missouri &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)
<BR>
County of Jackson &nbsp;) </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
the date set forth above, before me appeared Henry F. Frigon, who is personally known to
me as the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and such person duly acknowledged
that such person executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>
<U>/s/ Brenda L. Becker</U></I>
<BR>
Notary Public</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>My Commission Expires:
1/20/04 </FONT></P>
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