H&R Block to Drop KPMG as Auditor.(Brief article)

H&R Block Inc. said Monday that it had decided to find a replacement for KPMG LLP as its auditor, citing the role of the dissident shareholder Richard C. Breeden as KPMG's government-appointed monitor.

Mr. Breeden and two colleagues were elected to H&R Block's board at its annual meeting this month. A former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the chief executive of the private-equity group Breeden Capital Management LLC, Mr. Breeden has campaigned against H&R Block's banking business …