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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 7
                                     TO THE
                             H&R BLOCK SUPPLEMENTAL
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                                 FOR EXECUTIVES

     H&R BLOCK, INC. (the "Company") adopted the H&R Block Supplemental Deferred
Compensation Plan for Executives (the "Plan") effective as of May 1, 1994. The
Company amended said Plan by Amendment No. 1 effective September 7, 1994; by
Amendment No. 2 effective August 1, 1995; by Amendment No. 3 effective December
11, 1996; by Amendment No. 4 effective January 1, 1998; by Amendment No. 5
effective May 1, 1997; and by Amendment No. 6 effective in part March 1, 1998
and in part April 1, 1998. 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 No. 7 is effective as of May 15,
1998.

                                    AMENDMENT

1.   The following new Section 2.1.1b is added after Section 2.1.1a of the Plan:

          2.1.1b "Accounting Firm" means an accounting firm in which the Company
     has no direct or indirect ownership interest but with which a subsidiary of
     HRB Business Services, Inc. has a contractual relationship in respect of
     one or more employees who are employees of both such accounting firm and
     such subsidiary.

2.   Section 2.1.4 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

     In the case of a Participant who is an employee of both a subsidiary of HRB
     Business Services, Inc. and an Accounting Firm, the calculation of the
     amount of the Annual Deferral Amount that the Participant is permitted to
     elect shall be made by taking into account the amount of salary and bonus
     paid to such Participant by the Accounting Firm, but the actual deferral
     under the Plan shall only be made out of the Base Salary and/or Bonus or
     Bonuses paid by all Affiliates.

3.   Section 2.1.24 of the Plan, as previously amended, is further amended by
replacing such section with the following new Section 2.1.24 :

          2.1.24 "Participating Affiliate" or "Participating Affiliates" means
     the Company and the following indirect subsidiaries of the Company: HRB
     Management, Inc., H&R Block Tax Services, Inc., Block Financial
     Corporation, Option One Mortgage Corporation, HRB Business Services, Inc.
     and the U.S. subsidiaries of such indirect subsidiaries; and such other
     entities as may be designated as such by the Company from time to time.


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4.   Section 2.1.25 of the Plan is amended by adding the following sentence 
after the third sentence thereof:

     In the case of a Participant who is an employee of both a subsidiary of HRB
     Business Services, Inc. and an Accounting Firm, the calculation of the
     amount of the Permissible Deferral shall be made by taking into account the
     amount of salary and bonus paid to such Participant by the Accounting Firm,
     but the actual deferral under the Plan shall only be made out of Base
     Salary and/or Bonus or Bonuses paid by all Affiliates.

5.   Except as modified in this Amendment No. 7, 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 ____________________________