LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
(SECTION 16 FILINGS)

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Matthew E. Winter, hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Scott W. Andreasen, Katharine M. Haynes, and
Thomas A. Gerke, 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 and other actions or filings necessary for or
related to such forms) 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 25th day of September, 2017.


/s/ Matthew E. Winter
Matthew E. Winter

State of Illinois	)
County of Cook	)

	On the date set forth above, before me appeared Matthew E. Winter, 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/ Lisa M. Reardon
Notary Public

My Commission Expires: June 25, 2019