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Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]    
Goodwill before impairment losses, beginning balance $ 468,414us-gaap_GoodwillGross $ 467,079us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning balance (32,297)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (32,297)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Goodwill, beginning balance 436,117us-gaap_Goodwill 434,782us-gaap_Goodwill
Acquisitions 9,614us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod 5,206us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Disposals and foreign currency changes, net (2,770)hrb_GoodwillDisposalsAndOther (2,602)hrb_GoodwillDisposalsAndOther
Impairments 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Goodwill before impairment losses, ending balance 475,258us-gaap_GoodwillGross 469,683us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment losses, ending balance (32,297)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (32,297)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Goodwill, ending balance $ 442,961us-gaap_Goodwill $ 437,386us-gaap_Goodwill