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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]          
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $ 79,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits $ 127,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits $ 79,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits $ 127,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits $ 111,500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Balance of unrecognized tax benefits possible decrease 8,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeUpperBound   8,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeUpperBound    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)     32,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 18,900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease  
Effect of anticipated settlements of audit issues and expiring statutes of limitations 1,900,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound   1,900,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound    
Income Taxes Receivable 40,900,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReceivable 57,600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReceivable 40,900,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReceivable 57,600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReceivable  
Accrued income taxes 1,619,000us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 23,375,000us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 1,619,000us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 23,375,000us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 406,655,000us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Effective tax rate, excluding discrete tax items     38.30%hrb_Effectivetaxrateexcludingdiscretetaxitems 39.20%hrb_Effectivetaxrateexcludingdiscretetaxitems  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent     44.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 39.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Net Discreet Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 18,700,000hrb_NetDiscreetTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,200,000hrb_NetDiscreetTaxExpenseBenefit $ 30,900,000hrb_NetDiscreetTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,700,000hrb_NetDiscreetTaxExpenseBenefit