India, April 17 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a simple message for taxpayers, to change your tax withholding and keep more money from your paycheck right now.

Bessent asked Americans of Thursday to adjust their tax withholding as soon as possible. "Change your withholding, if they haven't already done so," he said.

He explained that doing this can feel like getting a raise without waiting for anything else to change. "Because if you change your withholding then you will get an automatic real wage increase. They are on weekly or monthly basis and you will be able to keep more of your money this calendar year," Bessent added.

In simple terms, if you lower your withholding, less tax is taken out of each paycheck, so you get m...