H&R Block at 535 W South Boulder Road Suite 250 in Lafayette's Waneka Marketplace operates as a professional tax preparation office providing individual and business tax services to Lafayette residents and small business owners, representing the local presence of a national tax services company founded by brothers Henry and Richard Bloch in Kansas City in 1955 when they opened United Business Company to provide bookkeeping services to small businesses before pivoting to tax preparation and growing into the largest tax services provider in the United States. Through professional tax preparers who assist Lafayette's residents with federal and state tax filing, business tax preparation, tax planning, and financial services, the Waneka Marketplace office demonstrates how national service franchises can support local and regional economies by providing essential business services that enable small-scale food producers, artisan bakers, specialty food creators, farmers market vendors, and agricultural entrepreneurs to navigate complex tax regulations for cottage food businesses, farm operations, and small food enterprises. Featured on Daily Grains' platform showcasing business support infrastructure, H&R Block exemplifies how professional tax and financial services strengthen regional food economies by reducing the administrative burden on local food producers who may lack dedicated accounting staff, enabling small grain growers, artisan millers, craft bakers, and specialty food businesses to focus on production and sales while ensuring compliance with tax requirements that affect profitability and sustainability of the local agricultural enterprises and food businesses that form the foundation of rebuilt regional grain economies.