8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 1998

                                 H&R BLOCK, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


     MISSOURI                         1-6089                    44-0607856
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
    of Incorporation)             File Number)               Identification No.)


               4400 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri    64111
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              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (816) 753-6900




Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant


     On July 20, 1998, H&R Block, Inc. (the "Company")  dismissed the accounting
firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP as its independent auditors. Deloitte & Touche LLP
and its  predecessors  audited the  accounts of the  Company  from 1965  through
fiscal year 1998. The reports prepared by Deloitte & Touche LLP on the Company's
financial statements for either of the last two fiscal years did not contain any
adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as
to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. The decision to change the
Company's independent auditors was made by the Board of Directors of the Company
at  the  recommendation  of  their  Audit  Committee  following  a  request  for
proposals. During the Company's two most recent fiscal years, and any subsequent
interim period prior to July 20, 1998, there were no disagreements with Deloitte
& Touche LLP on any matter of  accounting  principles  or  practices,  financial
statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure which disagreements,  if not
resolved to the  satisfaction  of Deloitte & Touche LLP, would have caused it to
make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports.  Also,
there were no reportable  events of the nature described in Regulation S-K, Item
304(a)(1)(v) during either of the Company's two most recent fiscal years and any
subsequent interim period prior to July 20, 1998.

     On  July  20,  1998,  the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company  appointed
PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as the Company's  independent  auditors for the year
ending April 30, 1999,  following a request for proposals made by the Company to
five accounting  firms at the direction of the Audit Committee of the Board. The
Board of Directors directed the Company's  management to submit the ratification
of such  appointment to a vote of the  shareholders of the Company at the annual
meeting of  shareholders  scheduled for  September 9, 1998.  During the two most
recent  fiscal  years,   and  any  subsequent   interim  period  prior  to  such
appointment,  neither the Company,  nor anyone  acting on behalf of the Company,
consulted   PricewaterhouseCoopers   LLP  regarding:   (i)  the  application  of
accounting principles to a specific  transaction,  either completed or proposed,
or the  type of  audit  opinion  that  might  be  rendered  on the  registrant's
financial  statements,  or (ii) any  matter  that was  either  the  subject of a
disagreement or a reportable event.




Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information  and Exhibits

     (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not applicable.

     (b) Pro forma Financial Information. Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits. 

         16.1     Letter regarding change in Certifying Accountants dated July
         27, 1998 from  Deloitte & Touche LLP addressed to the  Securities  and
         Exchange Commission filed herewith.


                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    H&R BLOCK, INC.


Dated:  July 27, 1998               By:  /s/ Ozzie Wenich
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                                       Ozzie Wenich, Senior Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit
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16.1                Letter regarding change in Certifying Accountants dated July
                    27, 1998 from Deloitte & Touche LLP addressed to the
                    Securities and Exchange Commission filed herewith.

EX-16.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 16.1


July 27, 1998


Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 9-5
450 5th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read and agree  with the  comments  in Item 4 of Form 8-K of H&R  Block,
Inc. dated July 27, 1998.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Kansas City, Missouri