Editing H&R Block (section)

===Founding===
During [[World War II]], [[Henry W. Bloch]] was a young [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] navigator who wanted to start a family business with his brothers in Kansas City.<ref name="happy returns">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605012003/http://henrybloch.com/ henrybloch.com]}}, Many Happy Returns, Thomas M. Bloch, 2010.</ref> Home from the war in 1946, Henry saw a pamphlet suggesting a bright future for companies serving small businesses, and it sparked his imagination.<ref name="happy returns" /> That year, Henry and his older brother, Leon, borrowed $5,000 and opened a small [[bookkeeping]] business on Main Street in downtown Kansas City.<ref name="happy returns" /> However, four months later, they had few clients and Leon decided to seek a [[law degree]].<ref name="happy returns" />

Henry wanted to keep trying with the fledgling business and placed a newspaper advertisement for help-wanted.<ref name="happy returns" /> He got an unexpected response—from his mother—who proposed that Henry hire his younger brother, [[Richard Bloch|Richard]], for the job.<ref name="happy returns" /> Henry and Richard Bloch jointly ran their United Business Company, which focused on accounting, bookkeeping and payroll, but also did some income tax work for clients.<ref name="Dornbrook6Aug14">{{cite news |title=H&R Block turns attention to small biz accounting services |last1=Dornbrook |first1=James |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5CVC-R5V1-JCPJ-W0KH&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|Kansas City Business Journal]] |date=6 August 2014 |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> The brothers took out an ad for its $5 tax services in ''[[The Kansas City Star]]'' newspaper in 1955. The ad was a success and H&R Block was born.<ref name="Tavernise04">{{cite news |title=Richard Bloch, 78, businessman who helped create H&R Block |last1=Tavernise |first1=Sabrina |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/business/richard-bloch-78-businessman-who-helped-create-h-r-block.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 July 2004 |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="CNNMoney00">{{cite news |title=H&R Block founder to retire |url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/06/21/companies/hrblock/ |newspaper=[[CNNMoney]] |date=21 June 2000 |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> The Bloch brothers chose to spell the name "Block" with a K to ensure the name was not mispronounced "blotch".<ref name="Tavernise04"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_v75/ai_4722544/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105222608/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_v75/ai_4722544 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2005-01-05 | work=Nation's Business | title=Bloch that IRS return – H&R Block Inc.'s income tax preparation service | first=William | last=Hoffer | year=1987}}</ref>