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

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

At least 100 IRS employees were laid off on Thursday and the local union representing these workers anticipates more layoffs, possibly up to 1,000.

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

Around 60 employees lost their jobs at the IRS campus in Kansas City Thursday, according to leaders of the National Treasury Employees Union Local Chapter 66. Union president Shannon Ellis said exact numbers are still being determined,

Kansas City Following days of uncertainty for Kansas City’s federal workforce, IRS employees learned in a Feb. 18 video message that their jobs would be among the first on President Donald Trump’s chopping block.

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

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.