White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday pushed back on an Associated Press report that President Trump has abandoned his tax plan from the campaign.

Spicer said the campaign plan is still the "backbone" of what the administration would like to do on tax reform. The press secretary added that the administration is in the "beginning phases" of tax reform.

"This is going to be a major undertaking, and I think we want to make sure that we listen, have their ideas and their input as we move forward," he said.

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Trump's tax plan had evolved over the course of the campaign to more closely resemble the plan put forward by House Republicans. The most recent version, released in September, would lower the top individual tax rate to 33 percent and the corporate tax rate to 15 percent.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had set a goal of tax legislation being enacted by August, but White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn on Friday said he didn't know if Congress would pass a bill by then.

Spicer said it would still be a "great opportunity" for Congress to pass tax reform legislation by its August recess, but "we're going to make sure that we do this right."

He added that he hoped middle-income taxpayers have a tax cut by this time next year.