The employees were terminated in a move that will cripple an agency that has been understaffed and underfunded for years, the union leader said.

Employee reductions are underway Thursday at the Internal Revenue Service’s Kansas City Service Center, a union representative tells KSHB 41 News.

As tax season takes off, Kansas City Internal Revenue Service locations had employees who were notified Wednesday of impending layoffs.

A union representing IRS workers in Kansas City was preparing for the layoff of potentially hundreds of probationary employees.

The IRS is cutting more than 6,000 jobs this week, as part of the Trump administration's downsizing of the overall federal workforce. That includes approximately 1,000 employees at the agency's Kansas City offices.

While tax season ramps up, the Trump administration’s wave of federal employee layoffs is expected to hit the IRS offices in Kansas City this week, according to one union leader. Workers with less tenure at the already-understaffed location are likely to be most affected.

On a day when dangerously cold weather forced the Internal Revenue Service to close its downtown processing center, hundreds of probationary employees are on notice that their jobs are likely going away.