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                                                                 EXHIBIT (10)(B)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 6
                                       TO
                                   H&R BLOCK
                   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES

  H&R BLOCK, INC. (the "Company"), adopted the H&R Block Deferred Compensation
Plan for Executives (the "Plan") effective as of August 1, 1987.  The Company
amended the Plan by Amendment No. 1 effective December 15, 1990, by Amendment
No. 2 effective January 1, 1990, by Amendment No. 3 effective September 11,
1991, by Amendment No. 4 effective January 1, 1994, and by Amendment No. 5
effective May 1, 1994.  The Company continues to retain the right to amend the
Plan, pursuant to action by the Company's Board of Directors.  The Company
hereby exercises that right.  This Amendment is effective as of August 1, 1995.

                                   AMENDMENT

1. Section 2.1.15 of the Plan is replaced with the following new Section
2.1.15:

     "2.1.15  'Early Retirement Date' of a Participant means the first day of
   the first calendar month commencing on or after the date on which (a) the
   Participant has reached Age 55 while in the employ of an Affiliate and (b)
   the Participant has completed at least ten (10) Years of Service."

2. Section 2.1.17 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
replacing the second sentence thereof with the following new sentence:

  "At its sole and absolute discretion, the Committee may grant to a person
  eligible to participate in the Plan as a Group A Participant an "Enrollment
  Period" consisting of the 30-day period immediately following the date on
  which such person is first employed by an Affiliate."

3. Section 2.1.20 of the Plan is amended by deleting the words "and has a
Completed Deferral Cycle" at the end of said Section and placing the period
after the word "Affiliate."

4. Section 2.1.25 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended (a) by
replacing the first sentence thereof with the following new sentence:

  "'Plan Year' means the calendar year (i) for all Permissible Deferrals
  elected by Group B Participants, (ii) for Permissible Deferrals of Group A
  Participants elected to commence January 1, 1991 or later,  and (iii) for all
  Permissible Deferrals and for all purposes when used in Sections 4.3, 4.4,
  6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6 and 6.7."

and (b) by adding the following new sentence at the end of said Section:
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  "If the Committee grants to a person eligible to participate in the Plan as a
  Group A Participant a discretionary Enrollment Period in accordance with
  Section 2.1.17 and such person submits to the Company a Permissible Deferral
  election, such Participant's first 'Plan Year' shall be the period (i)
  beginning on the first day of his or her first regular pay period commencing
  not less than 30 days after the Company's receipt of his or her Permissible
  Deferral election, and (ii) ending on December 31 of the year in which such
  pay period falls."

5. Section 4.1.1 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
adding the parenthetical "(i.e., a day on which the Common Stock is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange)" after the phrase "first business day" in the
second paragraph of such Section.

6. Section 4.1.2 of the Plan is amended by (a) changing the first "p" in the
word "participant" in the first sentence thereof with a capital "P," and (b) by
adding the following new paragraph at the end of said Section:

   "If the Participant elects the Common Stock crediting rate option for
  measuring the performance of the Account under Section 4.2, the Company shall
  post to the Account of such Participant for each calendar month a number of
  Deferred Compensation Units equal to (i) the dollar amount of Matching
  Contributions posted to the Account during such month; divided by (ii) the
  Closing Price on the first business day of the following calendar month.
  Deferred Compensation Units attributable to Matching Contributions shall be
  posted as of the same time as the corresponding Matching Contributions."

7. Section 4.1.3 of the Plan is amended by adding the following new paragraph
at the end of said Section:

   "If the Participant elects the Common Stock crediting rate option for
  measuring the performance of the Account under Section 4.2, the Company shall
  post to the Account of such Participant for the calendar month in which any
  Plan Year contribution is made by the Company pursuant to the first paragraph
  of this Section 4.1.3 a number of Deferred Compensation Units equal to (i)
  the dollar amount of any such Plan Year contribution made during such month;
  divided by (ii) the Closing Price on the first business day of the following
  calendar month.  Deferred Compensation Units attributable to any
  contribution made by the Company pursuant to the first paragraph of this
  Section 4.1.3 shall be posted as of the same time as such corresponding
  contributions."

8. Section 4.1.4 of the Plan is amended by adding the following parenthetical
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Deferred Compensation Units)" after the word "Contributions" in the first
sentence of said Section 4.1.4.

9. Section 4.2 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by adding
the number and words "4.3 or Section" immediately prior to the number "4.4" in
the first sentence of said Section.

10.  Section 4.2.1 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
(a) replacing the phrase "as of December 31 of the year prior to the Plan Year
to which it applies" in the second sentence thereof with the phrase "as of
September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year to which it
applies," and (b) by adding the following new paragraph at the end of said
Section:

   "For Permissible Deferrals commencing prior to January 1, 1995, the
  effective annual yield for the fixed rate crediting option shall be equal to
  one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the ten-year rolling average rate of
  ten-year United States Treasury notes.  The ten-year rolling average rate
  will be the rate in effect as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately
  prior to the Plan Year to which it applies, as published by Salomon Brothers
  Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial
  Officer of the Company."

11.  Section 4.3 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
deleting the third sentence of such Section 4.3 and adding the following
sentences to the end of such Section 4.3:

  "If a Participant terminates employment with all Affiliates before Normal
  Retirement Date or Early Retirement Date as a result of a Change of Control,
  gains and losses to all of that Participant's Accounts shall be credited as
  described in Section 4.2 up to the date of the Change of Control and
  crediting for such Accounts after the date of the Change of Control shall be
  at (i) an interest rate set annually by the Chief Financial Officer of the
  Company in his discretion, which shall not be less than the rate then
  payable on Investment Savings Accounts of $1,000 or less at Commerce Bank of
  Kansas City, N.A., Kansas City, Missouri, or any successor thereto, for a
  Change of Control occurring prior to August 1, 1995, or (ii) an annual
  interest rate equal to the rate of one-year United States Treasury notes in
  effect as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan
  Year in which the Change of Control occurs, as published by Salomon Brothers,
  Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial
  Officer of the Company, for a Change of Control occurring on or after August
  1, 1995."

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   "Section 4.4  Crediting Rate Upon Resignation or Discharge.

        4.4.1  If a Participant terminates employment with all Affiliates on or
    after August 1, 1995, but before the Normal Retirement Date or the Early
    Retirement Date, for reasons other than death, Disability or a Change of
    Control, gains and losses shall be credited to that Participant's Accounts
    as described in Section 4.2 up to the date of termination of employment.    
    After the date of termination of employment of such Participant, crediting
    shall be at an annual interest rate equal to the rate of one-year United
    States Treasury notes.  The rate of one-year United States Treasury notes
    will be determined once each Plan Year and will be the rate in effect as
    of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year to
    which it applies, as published by Salomon Brothers, Inc., or any successor
    thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

        4.4.2  If a Participant terminates employment with all Affiliates prior
    to August 1, 1995, and before the Normal Retirement Date or the Early
    Retirement Date, for reasons other than death, Disability or a Change of
    Control, gains and losses to that Participant's Accounts that represent
    Completed Deferral Cycles shall be credited as described in Section 4.2 up
    to the date of termination of employment.  Gains and losses to that
    Participant's Accounts that do not represent Completed Deferral Cycles and
    gains and losses after the date of termination of employment shall be
    credited at an interest rate equal to the average of (i) the interest rate
    set by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in his discretion for the
    Plan Year in which the termination of employment occurs, which rate shall
    not be less than the rate then payable on Investment Savings Accounts of
    $1,000 or less at Commerce Bank of Kansas City, N.A., Kansas City,
    Missouri, or any successor thereto, and (ii) the respective interest rates
    so set by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company for each of the two
    Plan Years immediately prior to the Plan Year in which the termination of
    employment occurs."

13.  Section 6.2 of the Plan is amended (a) by replacing the first and second
sentences of the second paragraph thereof with the following two new sentences:

        "Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, a Participant who
    terminates employment on or after Normal Retirement Date or Early
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    in Section 10.2, elect to receive an immediate lump-sum payment of the
    aggregate of the balances of said Participant's Accounts reduced by a      
    penalty, which shall be forfeited to the Company, in lieu of payments in
    accordance with the Standard Form of Benefit or such optional form of
    benefit as may have previously been approved by the Committee under this
    Section 6.2.  The penalty shall be equal to ten percent (10%) of the
    aggregate of the balances of such Accounts if the election is made before a
    Change in Control and shall be equal to five percent (5%) of the aggregate
    of the balances of such Accounts if the election is made after a Change of
    Control."

and (b) by replacing the fifth sentence of the second paragraph of said Section
with the following new sentence:

    "Interest compounded annually shall be paid by the Company to the
    Participant (or the Participant's Beneficiary if the Participant is
    deceased)   on any such refund from the date of the Company's payment of
    the lump sum at an annual rate equal to the rate of one-year United States
    Treasury notes in effect as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately
    prior to the Plan Year in which such refund is paid, as published by
    Salomon Brothers, Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the
    Chief Financial Officer of the Company."

14. Section 6.3 of the Plan, as previously amended, is replaced with the
following new Section 6.3:

        "Section 6.3  Form of Benefits Upon Resignation or Discharge, or
    Termination of Employment with all Affiliates as a Result of a Change of
    Control.

                6.3.1  Upon a Participant's termination of employment with all
         Affiliates before Normal Retirement Date or Early Retirement Date, but
         following a Change of Control, payments from the Account shall be paid
         in a lump sum within ninety (90) days after the date of the
         termination of employment.

                6.3.2  If a Change of Control has not occurred, for
         Participants who terminate employment with all Affiliates on or after
         August 1, 1995, but before the Normal Retirement Date or the Early
         Retirement Date, for reasons other than Disability or death,
         payment(s) from the Account shall be in the form of (a) semimonthly
         payments over a 10-year period (a "10-year payout"); (b) semimonthly
         payments over a five-year period (a "5-year payout"); or (c) a lump
         sum, as elected by the Participant at the time of said Participant's
         first Permissible Deferral election, or, in the case of a Participant
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         prior to August 1, 1995, as elected by the Participant in writing
         during a special election period between August 15, 1995 and September
         15, 1995, inclusive (the "Special Election Period").  If a
         Participant has actual knowledge of the forthcoming termination of his
         or her employment with all Affiliates (the possession of such actual
         knowledge to be determined by the Committee), no election may be made
         by such Participant during the Special Election Period under this
         Section 6.3.2 (and, if the Committee determines that an election was
         made by a Participant with such actual knowledge, such election shall
         be null and void).

                6.3.3  If a Change of Control has not occurred, for
         Participants who terminate employment with all Affiliates prior to
         August 1, 1995 (or who terminate employment with all Affiliates on or
         after August 1, 1995, and who are ineligible to make an election
         during the Special Election Period due to their actual knowledge of
         the termination of their employment), but before the Normal Retirement
         Date or the Early Retirement Date, for reasons other than Disability
         or death, payment(s) from the Account shall be in the form of (a)
         semimonthly payments over a three-year period for all Permissible
         Deferrals that satisfy a Completed Deferral Cycle, or (b) a lump sum
         for all Permissible Deferrals that do not satisfy a Completed
         Deferral Cycle.

                6.3.4  If no election under Section 6.3.2 is made by the
         Participant eligible to make such an election, payment from the
         Account shall be in the form of a lump sum.  An election made in
         accordance with Section 6.3.2 shall apply to all Permissible Deferral
         elections made by the Participant under the Plan and is irrevocable.

                6.3.5  If an eligible Participant has elected a 10-year payout
         or a 5-year payout pursuant to Section 6.3.2, and the amount of each
         semimonthly installment, as initially calculated, is less than $500
         (such calculation to be accomplished by amortizing the aggregate of
         the Participant's Account balances over the payment period using a
         crediting rate equal to the rate of one-year United States Treasury
         notes in effect as of September 30 of the Plan Year prior to the Plan
         Year in which the termination of employment occurs), the form of
         payment(s) for such Participant shall be a 5-year payout in lieu of an
         elected 10-year payout (unless the amount of each semimonthly
         installment under a 5-year payout, as so calculated, is also less than
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         single lump sum), or a lump sum in lieu of an elected 5-year payout,
         as the case may be.

                6.3.6  Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, an
         eligible Participant who (1) elects either a 10-year payout or a
         5-year payout and either such payout is not automatically converted to
         a lump sum pursuant to Section 6.3.5, and (2) terminates employment
         before the Normal Retirement Date or the Early Retirement Date may, at
         any time before or after a Change in Control, as defined in Section
         10.2, elect to receive an immediate lump-sum payment of the aggregate
         of the balances of said Participant's Accounts reduced by a penalty,
         which shall be forfeited to the Company, in lieu of payments in
         accordance with the 10-year payout or the 5-year payout, whichever is
         applicable.  The penalty shall be equal to ten percent (10%) of the
         aggregate of the balances of such Accounts if the election is made
         before a Change in Control and shall be equal to five percent (5%) of
         the aggregate of the balances of such Accounts if the election is
         made after a Change in Control.  However, the penalty shall not apply
         if the Committee determines, based on advice of counsel or a final
         determination or ruling by the Internal Revenue Service or any court
         of competent jurisdiction, that by reason of the provisions of this
         paragraph any Participant has recognized or will recognize gross
         income for federal income tax purposes under this Plan in advance of
         payment to the Participant of Plan benefits.  The Company shall notify
         all Participants of any such determination by the Committee and shall
         thereafter refund all penalties which were imposed hereunder in
         connection with any lump-sum payments made at any time during or after
         the first year to which the Committee's determination applies (i.e.,
         the first year for which, by reasons of the provisions of this
         paragraph, gross income under this Plan is recognized for federal
         income tax purposes in advance of payment of benefits).  Interest
         compounded annually shall be paid by the Company to the Participant
         (or the Participant's Beneficiary if the Participant is deceased) on
         any such refund from the date of the Company's payment of the lump sum
         at an annual rate equal to the rate of one-year United States Treasury
         notes in effect as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior
         to the Plan Year in which such refund is paid, as published by Salomon
         Brothers, Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the
         Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  The Committee may also reduce
         or eliminate the penalty if it determines that the right to elect an
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   paragraph, with the reduced penalty or with no penalty, as the case may be,
   will not cause any Participant to recognize gross income for federal income
   tax purposes under this Plan in advance of payment to the Participant of
   Plan benefits."

15. Section 6.4 of the Plan, as previously amended, is replaced with the
    following new Section 6.4:

   "Section 6.4.   Amount of Benefit.

     6.4.1  Except for distributions in the form of a lump sum, benefit
   payments shall be in the form of semimonthly cash installments paid during
   the applicable payment period (the "Overall Payment Period").

     6.4.2  Except as provided in Section 6.4.5, the amount of each installment
   payment shall be level during the portion of the Overall Payment Period
   ending on December 31 of the Plan Year in which benefit payments commence
   (the "Initial Payment Period"), during each complete Plan Year of the
   Overall Payment Period thereafter (a "Plan Year Payment Period"), and during
   any remaining period of the Overall Payment Period following the last Plan
   Year Payment Period (the "Remainder Payment Period"), but will vary from one
   such portion of the Overall Payment Period to the next.  If a Participant is
   receiving benefits pursuant to Section 6.2 as of August 1, 1995, payments
   shall be made in accordance with this Section 6.4.2 and either Section 6.4.3
   or Section 6.4.4 effective as of January 1, 1996.

     6.4.3  Except as provided in Section 6.4.4, the amount of each level
   benefit payment for the Initial Payment Period, if any, each Plan Year
   Payment Period, and the Remainder Payment Period, if any, shall be
   calculated using the balance in the Account as of the beginning of the
   applicable payment period and amortizing such balance over the remaining
   Overall Payment Period using the applicable interest rate, such that the
   Account balance at the end of the Overall Payment Period is zero.  The
   applicable interest rate to be used for amortization and reamortization
   purposes under this Section 6.4.3 shall be (i) the crediting rate determined
   in accordance with Section 4.2 if the Participant elected the fixed rate
   investment option and receives benefits pursuant to Section 6.2, (ii) an
   assumed interest rate of zero percent (0%) per annum if the Participant
   elected the Common Stock investment option and receives benefits pursuant
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   tion crediting rate determined in accordance with Section 4.4.1 if the
   Participant receives benefits pursuant to Section 6.3.2.  If the Participant
   elected the Common Stock investment option and receives benefits pursuant to
   Section 6.2, the balance in the Account as of the beginning of each Plan
   Year Payment Period and the Remainder Payment Period, if any, shall be the
   value of such Account as of the first business day of such Plan Year
   Payment Period or the Remainder Payment Period, as the case may be.

     6.4.4  If the Participant elected the variable rate investment option and
   receives benefits pursuant to Section 6.2, (a) the amount of each level
   payment for the Initial Payment Period, if any, shall be calculated using
   the balance in the Account as of the beginning of the Initial Payment Period
   and amortizing such balance over the remaining Overall Payment Period using
   an assumed interest rate of five percent (5%) per annum; (b) the amount of
   each level payment for each Plan Year Payment Period shall be calculated
   taking the balance in the Account as of November 30 of the Plan Year
   immediately prior to such Plan Year Payment Period, subtracting the benefit
   payments made during the portion of such Plan Year following November 30,
   and amortizing the difference over the remaining Overall Payment Period
   using an assumed interest rate of five percent (5%) per annum; and (c) the
   amount of each level payment for the Remainder Payment Period, if any,
   shall be calculated by taking the balance in the Account as of November 30
   of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Remainder Payment Period,
   subtracting the benefit payments made during the portion of the Plan Year
   following November 30, and amortizing the difference over the Remainder
   Payment Period using an assumed interest rate of zero percent (0%) per
   annum.  If the actual crediting rate for the Remainder Payment Period is
   more than zero percent, the additional gain resulting from the difference
   shall be paid to the Participant in a single payment within six months
   after the last day of the Remainder Payment Period.

     6.4.5   If the Participant terminates employment with all Affiliates
   prior to August 1, 1995, and receives benefits pursuant to Section 6.3.3,
   semimonthly payments for Permissible Deferrals that satisfy a Completed
   Deferral Cycle shall be level during the entire Overall Payment Period and
   shall be calculated using the balance in the Account at the commencement of
   benefit payments, and amortizing such balance over three years at the
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         rate determined in accordance with Section 4.4.2.

                6.4.6  Generally, the Account shall continue to be credited
         during the Overall Payment Period with gains and losses as provided in
         Section 4.3. However, if a Participant receives benefits pursuant to
         Section 6.3 (other than pursuant to Section 6.3.1), the Account shall
         be credited with gains and losses as provided in Section 4.4.  Except
         as provided otherwise, if a Participant dies, Section 6.6 shall apply.

                6.4.7  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary,
         the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) increase or reduce any
         assumed interest rate set forth in this Section 6.4 and any such
         assumed interest rate, as so adjusted, shall be effective for
         calculating level semimonthly installments for Participants whose
         benefit payments commence after the date of such adjustment, and (ii)
         change the date set forth in Section 6.4.4 on which the balance in the
         Participant's Account is to be determined for purposes of calculating
         the amount of each level payment for each Plan Year Payment Period and
         each Remainder Payment Period, and any such revised date shall be
         effective for calculating level semimonthly installments for the Plan
         Year Payment Period or the Remainder Payment Period beginning on or
         after the effective date of such revision."

16. Section 6.6.1 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
replacing the fourth and fifth sentences of the first paragraph of said Section
with the following new sentences:

         "If such benefits were payable pursuant to Section 6.2, the Account
         shall be credited from the date of the Participant's death at a rate
         equal to the   rate of one-year United States Treasury notes, said
         rate to be determined once each Plan Year and to be the rate in effect
         as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year
         to which it applies, as published by Salomon Brothers, Inc., or any
         successor thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial Officer of
         the Company.  The Participant's Beneficiary may make the election to
         re-ceive an immediate lump-sum payment of the balance of said
         Participant's Account in accordance with the provisions of Section
         6.2 or Section 6.3.6, whichever is applicable, and all provisions set
         forth therein relating to penalties shall apply to any such election."

17. Section 6.6.2 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended (1)
by replacing item (a) of the second sentence of such Section with the following
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        "(a)  the Participant's Account as of the date of the Participant's
    death annuitized over a ten-year period at an interest rate equal to the
    rate of one-year United States Treasury notes in effect as of September 30
    of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year in which payment
    of the pre-retirement death benefit commences, as published by Salomon
    Brothers, Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the Chief
    Financial Officer of the Company; or"

and (2) by replacing the fifth sentence of said Section with the following new
sentence:

    "If the pre-retirement death benefit is computed pursuant to 6.6.2(a), the
    Account shall continue to be credited during the payment period at an       
    interest rate equal to the rate of one-year United States Treasury notes,
    said rate to be determined once each Plan Year and to be the rate in effect
    as of September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year to
    which it applies, as published by Salomon Brothers, Inc., or any successor
    thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company."

18. Section 6.7 of the Plan is amended by replacing the second paragraph of
    said Section with the following new paragraph:

    "The Committee may permit a withdrawal of any deferrals.  If a withdrawal
    is permitted, a Participant's deferrals shall be credited at the lesser of  
    (a) the amount as described in Section 4.2; or (b) an interest rate equal
    to the rate of one-year United States Treasury notes in effect as of
    September 30 of the Plan Year immediately prior to the Plan Year in which
    application for such withdrawal is made, as published by Salomon Brothers,
    Inc., or any successor thereto, or as determined by the Chief Financial
    Officer of the Company.  Withdrawals shall be distributed in the form of a
    lump sum as soon as is reasonably convenient."

19.  Section 9.1 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by (a)
deleting the phrase "whether or not such Account represents a Completed
Deferral Cycle" in the third sentence of said Section, (b) by replacing the
comma after the phrase "Section 4.2" in such third sentence with a period, and
(c) by replacing the fifth sentence of said Section with the following new
sentence:

    "Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.1 to the contrary, the
    Committee may, in its discretion, (i) amend the Plan to reduce or
    eliminate the penalty described in Section 6.2 and/or the penalty described
    in Section 6.3.6, in accordance with the provisions of such Section 6.2
    and/or such Section 6.3.6, (ii) amend the Plan to increase or reduce any
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    forth in Section 6.4, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.4.7,
    or (iii) amend the Plan to change the date set forth in Section 6.4.4 on
    which the balance in the Participant's Account is to be determined
    for purposes of calculating the amount of each level payment for each Plan
    Year Payment Period and each Remainder Payment Period, in accordance with
    the provisions of Section 6.4.7."

20. Section 9.2 of the Plan is amended by deleting the phrase "whether or not
it represents a Completed Deferral Cycle" at the end of the fifth sentence of
the first paragraph of such Section and by replacing the comma after the phrase
"Section 9.1" in such sentence with a period.

21. Schedule A attached to the Plan is amended by (a) replacing the "Fixed"
    table with the following table:

                             "Fixed or Common Stock

                                                       Minimum Annual Deferral

                              All ages                         $3,000"

and (b) by replacing "60 - 65" under the "Age" column of the "Variable" table
with "61 - 65."

22.  Except as modified in this Amendment No. 6, the Plan, as previously
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, including the Company's right
to amend or terminate the Plan as set forth in Article 9 of the Plan.


            H&R BLOCK, INC.



            By________________________

            Its ______________________





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