Stock price H&R Block (HRB) today

 H&R Block is an American tax preparation company and provider of software for consumer tax services. The company was founded in 1955 and specialized in the preparation of income tax returns. The company immediately began to develop, opening a network of offices in several states. In 1962 the company became public by conducting an IPO.In 1986, H&R Block  opened a number of offices in Canada and Australia, as well as worked with the Internal Revenue Service, developing a plan for introducing electronic registration.In the 90s, H&R Block began to develop I am in the financial services industry, offering clients a number of business services, mortgage loans, as well as assistance in working with securities. For this, a special unit of H & R Block Financial Advisors was created, which by 2008 managed assets of $ 30 billion .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             In 1999, H&R Block acquired McGladrey & Pullen, thus becoming one of the six largest accounting companies in the United States.