COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 8: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Our U.S. and Canadian businesses offer our 100% accuracy guarantee. Assisted tax returns are covered by our 100% accuracy guarantee, whereby we will reimburse a client for penalties and interest attributable to an H&R Block error on a return. DIY tax returns are covered by our 100% accuracy guarantee, whereby we will reimburse a client up to a maximum of $10,000 if our software makes an arithmetic error that results in payment of penalties and/or interest to the respective taxing authority that a client would otherwise not have been required to pay. Our liability related to estimated losses under the 100% accuracy guarantee was $13.6 million and $15.8 million as of March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively. The short-term and long-term portions of this liability are included in deferred revenue and other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

Liabilities related to acquisitions for (1) estimated contingent consideration based on expected financial performance of the acquired business and economic conditions at the time of acquisition and (2) estimated accrued compensation related to continued employment of key employees were $27.9 million and $18.3 million as of March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023 respectively, with amounts recorded in deferred revenue and other liabilities. Should actual results differ from our estimates, future payments made will differ from the above estimate and any differences will be recorded in results from continuing operations.

We have contractual commitments to fund certain franchises with approved short-term lines of credit for the purpose of meeting their seasonal working capital needs. Our total obligation under these lines of credit was $21.3 million at March 31, 2024, and net of amounts drawn and outstanding, our remaining commitment to fund totaled $9.9 million.

Effective October 20, 2023, we amended the Program Management Agreement and entered into a new participation agreement related to EA TLs originated by Pathward®, N.A. (Pathward). In fiscal year 2024, EAs are being offered as term loans and we discontinued EA LOCs. EA TLs are interest bearing with principal and interest due in full on March 31, and there are no annual fees or required monthly payments. EA TLs are offered to clients in our offices, in November and December, in amounts of $350 to $1,300. We continue to purchase a 90% participation interest in each loan made by Pathward in accordance with the participation agreement. We purchased participation interests of $346.3 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2024.

Refund Advance loans are originated by Pathward and offered to certain assisted U.S. tax preparation clients, based on client eligibility as determined by Pathward. We pay fees primarily based on loan size and customer type. We have provided a guarantee up to $18.0 million related to certain loans to clients prior to the IRS accepting electronic filing. At March 31, 2024, we accrued an estimated liability of $1.4 million related to this guarantee, compared to $0.8 million at March 31, 2023.