<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-13-020335.txt : 20130920
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130920160518
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-13-020335
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130912
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130920

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:		ONE H&R BLOCK WAY
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8168543000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE H&R BLOCK WAY
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Knight Delos (Kip) L III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001587203

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06089
		FILM NUMBER:		131107962

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE H&R BLOCK WAY
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-09-12</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001587203</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Knight Delos (Kip) L III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O H&amp;R BLOCK</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE H&amp;R BLOCK WAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>KANSAS CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>64105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President, Int'l &amp; Franchise</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>14839.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>17.9600</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-12-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>67795.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 11,135 restricted share units granted under the H&amp;R Block, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Executive Compensation Plan and 3,604 restricted share units granted under the H&amp;R Block, Inc. 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan, for which the restrictions have not yet lapsed, and 100 shares held directly by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning on December 3, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>knightpoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Scott W. Andreasen, per Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-09-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>knightpoa.txt
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
(SECTION 16 FILINGS)

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Delos (Kip) L. Knight, III,
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Scott W. Andreasen and Priscilla E.
Duncan, signing singly, the undersigned'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&R Block, Inc., a Missouri
corporation (the "Company") and to deliver and file such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchange, 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's
discretion.

	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 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's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	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's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Secretary of the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 16th day of September, 2013.


/s/ Delos (Kip) L. Knight, III
Delos (Kip) L. Knight, III

State of Missouri	)
County of Jackson	)

	On the date set forth above, before me appeared Delos (Kip) L. Knight, III, 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.

/s/Sara E. Roy
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:
My Commission Expires: 04/24/17
SARA E. ROY
Notary Public-Notary Seal
State of Missouri
Commissioned for Jackson County
My Commission Expires: April 24, 2017
Commission Number: 13475292

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