CCH, a provider of tax research, accounting and tax compliance tools, announced Friday it has contracted Financial Plan Advantage (FPA), a provider of comprehensive financial plans for advisors, to provide telephone planning support and live Web-based training to FP Solutions customers.

“CCH is delighted to have FPA join our FP Solutions team,” said Kate Pattison, marketing manager for financial planning at CCH. “Our clients have come to expect more than technical support from CCH – they want help resolving financial planning issues. FPA is a firm of FP Solutions experts who can help us respond to our customers’ needs more effectively and quickly. All our secondary, or planning, support team have their CFP or are working towards that designation. No other financial planning software provider offers this level of support and service.”

“FPA already provides a large number of advisors with financial planning support services,” said Dave Faulkner, founder and president of Financial Plan Advantage. “We’re experts in FP Solutions: we use it every day to prepare financial plans for advisors. It?s a natural fit to share our knowledge with CCH and support its financial planning customers. We’re looking forward to working with CCH, and providing its FP Solutions customers with both the support and information that meet their financial planning needs.”