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Griffin Attends Convention

Published Wednesday, July 31, 1996 in the Gurdon Times

Robert H. Griffin, owner of the H&R Block franchise in Gurdon was among more than 800 franchise owners and representatives attending the company's first H&R Block Franchise Conevention in Kansas City, July 9- 12.

Held at the Kansas City Convention Center, the national convention focused on such issues as computer automation and electronic filing of tax returns, marketing, new products and services, and tax reform. Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver proclaimed H&R Block week in Kansas City, home of the company's World Headquarters.

Founded in 1955, H&R Block, Inc a diversified company offering tax and financial services. H&R Block served 17.4 million taxpayers in nearly 9,700 offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and 15 other countries and territories in 1996. The largest tax preparation firm in the U.S., H&R Blcok Tax Services, Inc handled approximately one in every seven returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service this past tax season. Block Financial Corporaation, started in 1993, develops and provided technology-driven financial services.

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