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Bobby Huang

Partner, SDO CPA LLC / CEO, Growthy

Partner at SDO CPA. 18 years of hands-on bookkeeping. Bobby still reconciles real client books and builds Growthy from that operating work.

Current work

SDO CPA LLC

Experience

18 years of experience

Bobby Huang is a partner at SDO CPA. 18 years of hands-on bookkeeping. He still reconciles real client books and built Growthy from the same review-and-approve work bookkeepers do each week.

Published Articles

Clover QuickBooks Integration: Limits, Xero, and Fixes
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QuickBooks Integrations

Clover QuickBooks Integration: Limits, Xero, and Fixes

Clover and QuickBooks can sync, but sales tax, tips, refunds, and Xero setup still need controls. See limits, fixes, and month-end checks for clean books.

Stripe Chargeback Accounting: Refunds, Disputes, and Fees
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Stripe Bookkeeping

Stripe Chargeback Accounting: Refunds, Disputes, and Fees

Stripe refunds and chargebacks look similar in payouts but hit the books differently. Use the right entries, reserve logic, and fee treatment here now.

The Real Cost of Manual Bookkeeping: Time, Errors, and the Scaling Ceiling
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Bookkeeping Automation

The Real Cost of Manual Bookkeeping: Time, Errors, and the Scaling Ceiling

You're good at this work. You know QuickBooks cold. You've developed a rhythm: open the client file, scan the transactions, start clicking through categories. Bank feeds, credit cards, merchant accounts. One by one.

Bookkeeping Automation in 2026: What Actually Works (and What's Just Marketing)
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Bookkeeping Automation

Bookkeeping Automation in 2026: What Actually Works (and What's Just Marketing)

You've seen the demos. A tool ingests your bank feed, transactions appear pre-categorized, and the vendor calls it automated bookkeeping. It looks like magic until you're cleaning up 200 miscategorized transactions at month-end while your clients...

The Bookkeeper's Automation Stack: QBO + AI + Triage in 15 Minutes per Client
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Bookkeeping Automation

The Bookkeeper's Automation Stack: QBO + AI + Triage in 15 Minutes per Client

If you're managing 15+ QBO clients, you already know the math doesn't work.

Batch Deposit Matching: Why Bank Rules Can't Solve Math Problems
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Bookkeeping Automation

Batch Deposit Matching: Why Bank Rules Can't Solve Math Problems

Your client's bank feed shows a $3,847.92 deposit from Stripe. You open their QBO, and there's no matching transaction. Just a pile of individual sales from the past two weeks. You know what happened: Stripe batched 47 charges, subtracted...

Automated Expense Categorization: Bank Rules vs Pattern Learning
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Bookkeeping Automation

Automated Expense Categorization: Bank Rules vs Pattern Learning

Automated expense categorization can mean bank rules, checking-account labels, or bookkeeping-grade pattern learning. See what breaks and what works here.

Automated Bank Reconciliation: Beyond Matching by Amount
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Bookkeeping Automation

Automated Bank Reconciliation: Beyond Matching by Amount

Every bookkeeper knows the feeling. You're 40 minutes into a reconciliation, everything looks clean, and then you hit two $49.99 transactions on the same day. Both are Slack. Or one is Slack and one is a refund from a different vendor that landed...

Owner Draw: What It Is & How Bookkeepers Record It
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Equity Terms

Owner Draw: What It Is & How Bookkeepers Record It

Owner draw is money an owner pulls from the business. It's equity, not an expense. Here's how to record it correctly across entity types.

Growthy vs Pilot for CPA Firms: An Honest Breakdown
CPA firm professionals reviewing financial data on screens
AI for Accountants

Growthy vs Pilot for CPA Firms: An Honest Breakdown

Pilot is real and capable. So is Growthy. They're built for different jobs. Here's the practitioner framing you need before you decide.

Will AI Replace Accountants? An Honest Answer
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AI for Accountants

Will AI Replace Accountants? An Honest Answer

No. AI automates transaction coding, receipt matching and anomaly flags. It does not automate sign-off, tax strategy or client trust. A working firm partner on what actually changes at a 5-20 staff firm in 2026-2027.

Claude for Accounting: A CPA Firm Partner's Honest Review
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AI for Accountants

Claude for Accounting: A CPA Firm Partner's Honest Review

Anthropic launched Claude for SMBs with real accounting integrations. Here is the honest CPA firm partner review: what it does well and what it cannot do.

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