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Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets (Information Related To Activities Of Non-Performing Assets) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]    
Average impaired loans $ 115,450us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment $ 138,668us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment
Purchased From SCC    
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]    
Average impaired loans 96,767us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis
= hrb_PurchasedFromSccMember		 116,061us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis
= hrb_PurchasedFromSccMember
All Other    
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]    
Average impaired loans $ 18,683us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis
= hrb_AllOtherMember		 $ 22,607us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis
= hrb_AllOtherMember