LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
(SECTION 16 FILINGS)

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Karen A. Orosco,
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 2nd day of May, 2018.


/s/ Karen A. Orosco
Karen A. Orosco
State of Missouri     )
County of Jackson     )

     On the date set forth above, before me appeared Karen A.
Orosco, 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/ Valerie J. Owings
Notary Public

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