H&Amp;R Block News
- H&R Block CEO Discusses F1Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:57PMOperator (Operator instructions) And our first question will come from Scott Schneeberger. Scott Schneeberger – Oppenheimer Thanks. Good evening. I would like to start ...
- H&R Block names former eBay executive to board Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 2:50PMH&R Block on Monday said it had elected a former eBay Inc. executive to its board.
- Liberty Tax CEO floats combining with H&R Block Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:13AMA former H&R Block Inc. employee who once tried to convince the nation's largest tax company that the future was in computerized preparation now has his sights on taking over at his old firm.
- Ex-H&R Block CEO blasts company; will leave board Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:13AMFormer H&R Block Inc. CEO Thomas Bloch said Friday he is leaving the tax preparer's board of directors and sharply criticized the company's priorities, prices, and its failure to keep up with do-it-yourself online tax programs.
- H&R Block names Alan Bennett as CEO Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 5:13PMH&R Block Inc. named Alan M. Bennett as its new president and CEO Wednesday after its previous chief executive, Russ Smyth, resigned to take another CEO post.
- H&R Block CEO Russ Smyth resigns Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 2:58PMH&R Block Inc. President and CEO Russ Smyth resigned Wednesday, stepping down from the helm of the nation's largest tax preparer as it struggles to cope with the growing popularity of do-it-yourself online filing.
- Slow tax season leads to H&R Block 4Q profit dip Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:25PMH&R Block Inc. said Thursday that a weak tax season led to a 2 percent decline its fiscal fourth-quarter net income.
- H&R Block spent $400,000 lobbying in 1st quarter Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 10:11AMH&R Block Inc. spent $400,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on financial regulatory reform and tax issues, according to a disclosure report.
- H&R Block cuts 400 jobs, shuts 400 stores Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 4:57AMH&R Block Inc. said Wednesday it will trim 400 jobs and has shut 400 underperforming locations as it seeks to reduce costs.
- Developer defers south block of EnCana’s new Calgary headquarters Friday, May 7, 2010 @ 10:33PMCALGARY -- Construction on the south block of EnCana Corp.’s new headquarters, the Bow Tower, has been deferred by H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, the owner of the project.The main office tower — a 58-storey, two million square foot complex, with a budgeted cost of about $1.5-billion — is unaffected by the move.The project is considered Calgary’s premier office project.“The REIT and EnCana ...
- Correction: H&R Block taxes story Friday, April 23, 2010 @ 2:54PMNEW YORK _ In an April 21 story about H&R Block's 2010 tax season results, The Associated Press erroneously reported the company's previous forecast. H&R Block had said it expected total tax returns filed to the Internal Revenue Service to fall 2.5 to 3.5 percent, not the number of returns it prepared.
- H&R Block tax season results show migration online Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 11:15AMIt was a tough tax season for H&R Block Inc.
- With April 15 almost here, it's a taxing time for preparers and filers Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 11:47AMThere’s the procrastinator and the hopelessly disorganized, the misinformed and the thrill-seeker. They all walk through the door of the H&R Block Income Tax Preparation Service in Arborland Mall in the waning days of tax season. With tomorrow the deadline......
- H&R Block provides early March tax returns data Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 4:58AMH&R Block Inc. said Tuesday the number of tax returns it has prepared at its retail sites rose 4.3 percent in the first half of March compared with a year ago, but are down 6.3 percent for the tax season as a whole.
- H&R Block spent $500,000 lobbying in 4th quarter Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 1:58PMH&R Block Inc. spent $500,000 during the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency and potential tax preparer regulations.
- H&R Block 3Q profit rises despite fewer returns Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:46PMH&R Block Inc. says its fiscal third quarter profit rose 7 percent, as lower costs offset a revenue drop that stemmed from handling fewer returns.
- Coast Lines Feb. 27, 2010 Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 1:46AMCAPITOLA Tax preparer plans Haiti fundraiser March 7 H&R Block's Capitola office will host a fundraiser, "Hot Dogs for Haiti," to benefit earthquake victims 11 a.
- H&R Block declares quarterly dividend of 15 cents Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 3:40PMH&R Block Inc. on Monday said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents.
- H&R Block, Yodlee team to create tax prep app Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 2:39PMTax preparation company H&R Block Inc. and personal finance management application developer Yodlee Inc. on Wednesday said they are teaming up to make it easier to use online data to prepare taxes.
- Two ex-tax preparers sue H&R Block Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 3:01PMTwo former tax preparers are suing H&R Block Inc., claiming the company’s practice of requiring tax preparers to complete 24 hours of unpaid training between tax seasons is a violation of federal law.
- Tax firms will face IRS rules Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 12:45AMThe Internal Revenue Service said Monday that it will regulate the tax-preparation industry for the first time, requiring companies including H&R Block Inc. and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. to register and pay a fee.
- H&R Block to repay up to $19M in IRA fees Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 11:24AMH&R Block Inc. will refund up to $19.4 million in fees to customers who bought an individual retirement account product, which the New York attorney general claims was a money loser because it charged more in fees than it paid in interest.
- H&R Block reports smaller 2nd-quarter loss Tuesday, December 8, 2009 @ 4:40AMH&R Block Inc. reported a smaller fiscal second-quarter loss than a year ago on Tuesday as the nation's largest tax preparer trimmed expenses and saw its tax services business improve.
