FULLTEXT DEL 6 AV 39
10-Q – 2026-02-05 – 0000012659-26-000008.txt
round-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-141" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-532">22,816</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Software receivables from retailers</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-142" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-533">2,409</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-142" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-534">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-143" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-535">2,582</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-143" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-536">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-9pt;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Royalties and other receivables from franchisees</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-144" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-537">6,658</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-144" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-538">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-145" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-539">4,414</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-145" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-540">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-9pt;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Wave payment processing receivables</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-146" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-541">7,513</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-146" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-542">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-147" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-543">1,533</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-147" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-544">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-148" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-545">17,509</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-148" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" scale="3" id="f-546">633</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-149" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-547">15,668</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-149" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" scale="3" id="f-548">498</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-549">352,480</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-550">47,280</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-551">63,621</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-552">47,016</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric></ix:nonNumeric><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:59.174%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.067%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:93.733%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Q2 FY2026 Form 10-Q| </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H&R Block, Inc.</span></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-515-1" continuedAt="f-515-2"><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Balances presented above as short-term are included in receivables, while the long-term portions are included in other noncurrent assets in the consolidated balance sheets. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">LOANS TO FRANCHISEES </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">–</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Franchisee loan balances consist of term loans made primarily to finance the purchase of franchises and revolving lines of credit primarily for the purpose of funding working capital needs. Loans with a principal balance more than 90 days past due or on non-accrual status were $3.0 million and $3.1 million as of </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">December 31, 2025 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and June 30, 2025, respectively. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">H&R BLOCK'S INSTANT REFUND</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">®</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">–</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">H&R Block's Instant Refund® amounts are generally received from the Canada Revenue Agency within 60 days of filing the client's return, with the remaining balance collectible from the client. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We review the credit quality of our Instant Refund receivables based on pools, which are segregated by the tax return year of origination, with older years being deemed more unlikely to be repaid. We establish an allowance for credit losses at an amount that we believe reflects the receivable at net realizable value. In December of each year, we charge-off the receivables and the related allowance to an amount we believe represents the net realizable value.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">B<ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="hrb:ScheduleOfReceivablesBasedOnYearOfOriginationTableTextBlock" id="f-553" continuedAt="f-553-1" escape="true">alances and amounts on non-accrual status, classified as impaired, or more than <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-150" name="hrb:ImpairedNonAccrualStatusTerm" format="ixt-sec:durday" id="f-554">60</ix:nonNumeric> days past due, by tax return year of origination, as of December 31, 2025 are as foll</ix:nonNumeric></span><ix:continuation id="f-553-1" continuedAt="f-553-2"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">ows:</span></ix:continuation></div><ix:continuation id="f-553-2" continuedAt="f-553-3"><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:63.323%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.047%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.048%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Tax return year of origination</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">More Than 60 Days Past Due</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2024</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-151" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" scale="3" id="f-555">978</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-151" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" scale="3" id="f-556">918</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2023 and prior</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-152" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" scale="3" id="f-557">561</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-152" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" scale="3" id="f-558">561</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-138" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-559">1,539</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-138" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-560">1,479</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Allowance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-138" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-561">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net balance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-138" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-562">1,539</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:continuation><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EMERALD ADVANCE</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">®</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">–</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We review the credit quality of our purchased participation interests in Emerald Advance® (EA) receivables based on pools, which are segregated by the fiscal year of origination, with older years being deemed more unlikely to be repaid. We establish an allowance for credit losses at an amount that we believe reflects the receivable at net realizable value. Typically, in December of each year, we charge-off the receivables and the related allowance for EAs to an amount we believe represents the net realizable value.</span></div><ix:continuation id="f-553-3"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Balances and amounts on non-accrual status, classified as impaired, or more than <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-153" name="hrb:ImpairedNonAccrualStatusTerm" format="ixt-sec:durday" id="f-563">60</ix:nonNumeric> days past due, by fiscal year of origination, as of December 31, 2025 are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:63.323%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.047%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.048%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fiscal year of origination</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-Accrual</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-154" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-564">294,761</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-154" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-565">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2025 and prior</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-155" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-566">36,529</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-155" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-567">36,529</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-140" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-568">331,290</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-140" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-569">36,529</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Allowance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-140" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-570">19,893</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net balance</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-140" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:NotesReceivableNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-571">311,397</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:continuation></ix:continuation><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:59.174%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:93.732%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.068%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H&R Block, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> |Q2 FY2026 Form 10-Q</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9</span></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-515-2"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">–</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="hrb:ScheduleOfActivityInAllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsTableTextBlock" id="f-572" continuedAt="f-572-1" escape="true"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Activity in the allowance for credit losses for EA and all other short-term and long-term receivables for the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:</span></ix:nonNumeric></div><ix:continuation id="f-572-1"><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:45.534%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.047%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.047%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.049%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">EAs</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">All Other</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of July 1, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-141" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-573">19,663</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-156" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-574">45,156</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-575">64,819</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Provision for credit losses</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-153" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-576">19,893</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-157" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-577">1,251</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-578">21,144</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Charge-offs, recoveries and other</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-153" decimals="-2" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-579">19,663</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-157" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-580">44,627</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-581">64,290</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of December 31, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-140" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-582">19,893</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-158" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-583">1,780</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-584">21,673</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of July 1, 2024</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-159" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-585">33,536</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-160" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-586">45,327</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-16" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-587">78,863</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Provision for credit losses</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-161" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-588">19,109</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-162" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-589">1,618</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-13" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumReceivableCreditLossExpenseReversal" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-590">20,727</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Charge-offs, recoveries and other</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-161" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-591">33,536</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-162" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-592">45,552</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-13" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-593">79,088</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of December 31, 2024</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-163" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-594">19,109</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-164" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-595">1,393</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-17" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:PremiumsReceivableAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-596">20,502</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:continuation><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the six months ended December 31, 2025, there were $19.7 million of gross charge-offs related to EAs which were originated in fiscal year 2025.</span></div></ix:continuation><div id="i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_46"></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-597" continuedAt="f-597-1" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#14aa40;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTE 5: GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS </span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfGoodwillTextBlock" id="f-598" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended December 31, 2025 are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:41.848%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:17.169%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:17.329%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:17.331%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Goodwill</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accumulated Impairment Losses</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of July 1, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-599">940,350</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-600">138,297</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:Goodwill" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-601">802,053</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Acquisitions</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(1)</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-602">15,720</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">—</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-603">15,720</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Disposals and foreign currency changes, net</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="hrb:GoodwillDisposalsAndOther" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-604">2,155</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">—</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="hrb:GoodwillDisposalsAndOther" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-605">2,155</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Impairments</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">—</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillImpairmentLoss" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-606">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillImpairmentLoss" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-607">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balances as of December 31, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-608">953,915</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-609">138,297</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:Goodwill" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-610">815,618</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:5.2pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-2.8pt;vertical-align:baseline">(1)</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">    All goodwill added during the period is expected to be tax-deductible for federal income tax reporting.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We test goodwill for impairment annually as of February 1, or more frequently if events occur or circumstances change which would, more likely than not, reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:59.174%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.067%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:93.733%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Q2 FY2026 Form 10-Q| </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H&R Block, Inc.</span></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-597-1"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTableTextBlock" id="f-611" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Components of intangible assets are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:50.502%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:14.444%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:14.444%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:14.287%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Gross Carrying Amount</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accumulated<br/>Amortization</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As of December 31, 2025:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Reacquired franchise rights</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-165" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-612">429,290</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-165" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-613">250,627</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-165" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-614">178,663</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Customer relationships</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-166" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-615">372,444</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-166" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-616">298,667</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-166" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-617">73,777</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Internally-developed software</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-167" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-618">121,282</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-167" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-619">117,768</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-167" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-620">3,514</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Noncompete agreements</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-168" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-621">23,774</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-168" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-622">20,660</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-168" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-623">3,114</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Purchased technology</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-169" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-624">68,100</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-169" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-625">58,144</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-169" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-626">9,956</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trade name</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-170" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-627">5,800</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-170" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-628">3,770</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-170" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-629">2,030</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-630">1,020,690</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-631">749,636</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-632">271,054</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As of June 30, 2025:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Reacquired franchise rights</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-171" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-633">415,700</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-171" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-634">243,330</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-171" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-635">172,370</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Customer relationships</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-172" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-636">354,107</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-172" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-637">287,067</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-172" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-638">67,040</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Internally-developed software</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-173" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-639">119,959</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-173" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-640">117,604</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-173" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-641">2,355</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Noncompete agreements</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-174" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-642">23,070</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-174" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-643">20,188</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-174" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-644">2,882</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Purchased technology</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-175" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-645">68,100</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-175" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-646">55,655</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-175" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-647">12,445</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trade name</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-176" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-648">5,800</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-176" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-649">3,480</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-176" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-650">2,320</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-651">986,736</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-652">727,324</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-653">259,412</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We made payments to acquire businesses totaling $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-177" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired" scale="6" id="f-654">35.4</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-178" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired" scale="6" id="f-655">28.0</ix:nonFraction> million during the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfAcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassTextBlock" id="f-656" continuedAt="f-656-1" escape="true">The amounts and weighted-average lives of intangible assets acquired during the six months e</ix:nonNumeric></span><ix:continuation id="f-656-1" continuedAt="f-656-2"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">nded December 31, 2025, including amounts capitalized related to internally-developed software, a</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">re as follows:</span></ix:continuation></div><ix:continuation id="f-656-2"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:49.060%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:20.694%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.441%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:25.664%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(dollars in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amount</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Weighted-Average Life (in years)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Customer relationships</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-179" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-657">18,426</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-179" name="us-gaap:AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife" format="ixt-sec:duryear" id="f-658">5</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Reacquired franchise rights</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-180" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-659">13,669</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-180" name="us-gaap:AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife" format="ixt-sec:duryear" id="f-660">6</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Internally-developed software</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-181" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-661">1,348</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-181" name="us-gaap:AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife" format="ixt-sec:duryear" id="f-662">3</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Noncompete agreements</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-182" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1" scale="3" id="f-663">712</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-182" name="us-gaap:AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife" format="ixt-sec:duryear" id="f-664">5</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-665">34,155</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife" format="ixt-sec:duryear" id="f-666">5</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:continuation><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Amortization of intangible assets for the three and six</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> months ended December 31, 2025 was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-11" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets" scale="6" id="f-667">11.3</ix:nonFraction> million and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">$22.4 million</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> respectively, compared to $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-12" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets" scale="6" id="f-668">12.1</ix:nonFraction> million and $25.0 million</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">for the </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">three and six</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> months ended December 31, 2024. Estimated amortization of intangible assets for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 is $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextRollingTwelveMonths" scale="6" id="f-669">47.3</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths" scale="6" id="f-670">45.0</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo" scale="6" id="f-671">36.6</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree" scale="6" id="f-672">27.7</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-5" name="us-gaap:FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour" scale="6" id="f-673">17.8</ix:nonFraction> million, respectively.</span></div></ix:continuation><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:59.174%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:93.732%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.068%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H&R Block, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> |Q2 FY2026 Form 10-Q</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11</span></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_49"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtTextBlock" id="f-674" continuedAt="f-674-1" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#14aa40;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTE 6: LONG-TERM DEBT</span><span style="color:#14aa40;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfDebtInstrumentsTextBlock" id="f-675" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The components of long-term debt are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:63.426%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.442%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:16.074%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.442%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:15.916%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in 000s)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As of</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">December 31, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">June 30, 2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Notes, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-183" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-676">5.250</ix:nonFraction>%, due October 2025</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-183" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-677">—</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-184" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-678">350,000</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Notes, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-185" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-679">2.500</ix:nonFraction>%, due July 2028</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-185" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-680">500,000</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-186" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-681">500,000</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Notes, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-187" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-682">3.875</ix:nonFraction>%, due August 2030</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-187" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-683">650,000</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-188" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:SeniorNotes" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-684">650,000</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Notes, 5.375%, due September 2032</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">350,000</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">— </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Committed line of credit borrowings</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LineOfCredit" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-685">945,000</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LineOfCredit" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="3" id="f-686">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Debt issuance costs and discounts</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-687">9,621</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-688">6,802</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total long-term debt</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-689">2,435,379</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-690">1,493,198</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Less: Current portion</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">—</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtCurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-691">349,893</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Long-term portion</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-692">2,435,379</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-693">1,143,305</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Estimated fair value of long-term debt</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-694">2,401,000</ix:nonFraction></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-15" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-695">1,437,000</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 26, 2025, we issued $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="0" name="us-gaap:ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" id="f-696">350.0</ix:nonFraction> million of 5.375% Senior Notes due September 15, 2032 (2032 Senior Notes). The 2032 Senior Notes are not redeemable by the bondholders prior to maturity, although we have the right to redeem some or all of these notes at any time, at specified redemption prices. The net proceeds from the 2032 Senior Notes were used for general corporate purposes, which includes, among other uses, the redemption of the $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="0" name="us-gaap:RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" id="f-697">350.0</ix:nonFraction> million in principal outstanding of our 5.250% notes due October 2025 (2025 Senior Notes). We redeemed our 2025 Senior Notes at 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on September 19, 2025.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNSECURED COMMITTED LINE OF CREDIT –</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> On July 11, 2025, we entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement (2025 CLOC), which amended and restated our Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement, extended the scheduled maturity date to July 11, 2030, maintained the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion, and revised the interest rate table. All other material terms remain substantially unchanged from our previous CLOC.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The 2025 CLOC provides for an unsecured senior revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-189" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity" scale="9" id="f-698">1.5</ix:nonFraction> billion, which includes a $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-190" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity" scale="6" id="f-699">175.0</ix:nonFraction> million sublimit for swingline loans and a $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-191" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity" scale="6" id="f-700">50.0</ix:nonFraction> million sublimit for standby letters of credit. We may request increases in the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility of up to $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-189" decimals="INF" name="hrb:LineOfCreditFacilityAvailableIncreaseInBorrowingCapacity" scale="6" id="f-701">500.0</ix:nonFraction> million, subject to obtaining commitments from lenders and meeting certain other conditions. The 2025 CLOC will mature on July 11, 2030, unless extended pursuant to the terms of the 2025 CLOC, at which time all outstanding amounts thereunder will be due and payable. Our 2025 CLOC includes an annual facility fee, which will vary depending on our then current credit ratings.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The 2025 CLOC is subject to various conditions, triggers, events or occurrences that could result in earlier termination and contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default, including, without limitation: (1) a covenant requiring the Company to maintain a debt-to-EBITDA ratio, as defined by the 2025 CLOC agreement, calculated on a consolidated basis of no greater than (a) <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-189" decimals="INF" name="hrb:DebtInstrumentCovenantQuarterlyDebtToEBITDARatio" scale="0" id="f-702">3.50</ix:nonFraction> to 1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending on March 31, June 30, and September 30 of each year and (b) <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-189" decimals="INF" name="hrb:DebtInstrumentCovenantAnnualDebtToEBITDARatio" scale="0" id="f-703">4.50</ix:nonFraction> to 1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending on December 31 of each year; (2) a covenant requiring us to maintain an interest coverage ratio (EBITDA-to-interest expense) calculated on a consolidated basis of not less than <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-189" decimals="INF" name="hrb:DebtInstrumentCovenantInterestCoverageRatio" scale="0" id="f-704">2.50</ix:nonFraction> to 1.00 as of the last date of any fiscal quarter; and (3) covenants restricting our ability to incur certain additional debt, incur liens, merge or consolidate with other companies, sell or dispose of assets (including equity interests), liquidate or dissolve, engage in certain transactions with affiliates or enter into certain restrictive agreements. The 2025 CLOC includes provisions for an equity cure which could potentially allow us to independently cure certain defaults. Proceeds under the 2025 CLOC may be used for working capital needs or for other general corporate pu</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">rposes. We were in compliance with these requirements as of December 31, 2025. </span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:59.174%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.067%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:93.733%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Q2 FY2026 Form 10-Q| </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H&R Block, Inc.</span></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><ix:continuation id="f-674-1"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We had an outstanding balance of $</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-14" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:LineOfCredit" scale="6" id="f-705">945.0</ix:nonFraction> million</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> under our 2025 CLOC and amounts available to borrow were not limited by the debt-to-EBITDA covenant as of </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">December 31, 2025</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span></ix:continuation><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div id="i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_52"></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-706" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#14aa40;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTE 7: INCOME TAXES</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We file a consolidated federal income tax return in the U.S. with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and file tax returns in various state, local, and foreign jurisdictions. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1 was signed into law. The legislation did not have a material impact on our tax benefit for the six months ended December 31, 2025, and we do not expect it to materially change our effective income tax rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our effective tax rate for continuing operations, including the effects of discrete tax items, was 24.0% for both the six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Consistent with prior years, our pretax loss for the six months ended December 31, 2025 is expected to be offset by income in our third and fourth quarters due to the established pattern of seasonality in our primary business operations. As such, management has determined that it is more-likely-than-not that realization of tax benefits recorded in our financial statements will occur within our fiscal year. The amount of tax benefit recorded for the six months ended December 31, 2025 reflects management’s estimate of the annual effective tax rate applied to year-to-date loss from continuing operations adjusted for the tax impact of discrete items for the periods presented.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div id="i60478dfa7e7e49c39838dcbe20a54579_58"></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-707" escape="true"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#14aa40;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTE 8: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our U.S. and Canadian businesses offer our 100% accuracy guarantee. Assisted tax returns</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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. Similarly, DIY tax returns are covered by our 100% accuracy guarantee, whereby we will reimburse a client (up to a maximum of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="INF" name="hrb:POMMaximumperTaxReturn" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="0" id="f-708">10,000</ix:nonFraction> in the U.S.) 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% accu